Brendon Parry, TIFF’s Managing Director of Private Investments, is cited in the March 25, 2022 issue of WSJ Pro Venture Capital. Brendon is quoted on TIFF’s buyout and growth-equity strategy which is focused on investing in lower-midmarket general partners and specialists.
Month: April 2022
Past Webinars & Events
April 1, 2022
TIFF Fundraising Symposium: Diversifying Your Donor Base
On March 16, 2022, TIFF Investment Management hosted the second of four sessions in our Fundraising Symposium. Each session has its own theme and set of presenters, but the purpose of all is the same: To help nonprofits leverage fundraising best practices efficiently and effectively in a post-pandemic landscape.
“Diversifying Your Donor Base” was hosted by Dr. Robert T. Grimm, Jr., the Levenson Family Chair in Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership in the School of Public Policy and Founding Director of the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland. Ebonie J. Cooper-Jean, Principal of Friends of Ebonie, LLC, and Executive Director and Founder of the Young, Black & Giving Back Institute (YBGB), led an interactive presentation on changing our definition of generosity, unraveling stereotypes around people of color and giving, and engaging with different communities of color.
TIFF Members can access the recording of the session and presentation materials through the Member portal. A high-level summary of this exciting event appears below.
If you have questions or feedback or would like to receive an invitation to the remaining sessions in our 2022 Fundraising Symposium, please send an email with your name, affiliation, and title to memberservices@tiff.org.
CIO Commentary
April 1, 2022
1st Quarter 2022 CIO Commentary
So Many Questions, So Few Answers
Rarely has the investing environment been as murky as it is today. We are making history – but in all the wrong ways. War in Europe for the first time in 75 years. Inflation hitting a 40-year high. US politics as divisive as they’ve been since the Vietnam War (some would say Civil). The emergence of China as a global economic powerhouse creating a new and uncertain geopolitical calculus. The first pandemic in 100+ years, easing haltingly into an endemic. The US reaches record-level peacetime debt-to-GDP. And, as if all that weren’t enough, we may be nearing a planetary tipping point with carbon intensity.
As we noted in our last letter, doing nothing in response to new information is an active decision. We take the same counsel that we give our clients: In times of uncertainty, be disciplined in adhering to policy and process. Rather than being reactive, lower your center of gravity and exercise patience as you prepare to be opportunistic.
Below, we share our thinking on some of the more dramatic current events and their possible investment implications. We also summarize portfolio adjustments we have made to date to strengthen our – and your – positioning in the face of such unpredictability.
