Expanding how philanthropic capital is deployed

Helping donor-advised funds, foundations and families

put philanthropic capital to work through impact investing.

ISLANTRAN helps organizations and families put charitable assets to work through impact investing and other forms of capital.

  • Donor-Advised Fund Sponsors & Community Foundations

    ISLANTRAN helps donor-advised fund sponsors and community foundations explore, design and implement impact investing programs that complement traditional grantmaking. From initial pilots to established programs, the work can span strategy, governance, investment review, transaction execution and ongoing administration.

  • Foundations, Families & Philanthropic Advisors

    ISLANTRAN helps foundations, families and their advisors explore how investment tools can complement grantmaking. This can include program-related investments, mission-related investments, private investments through DAFs and other approaches tailored to charitable objectives and operational capacity.

  • Funds, Companies & Impact Intermediaries

    ISLANTRAN advises fund managers, mission-driven companies and intermediaries on structures that can make investment opportunities accessible to philanthropic capital, including DAF investment pathways, pooled structures and other approaches to mobilizing philanthropic capital.

  • Philanthropic Innovation & New Models

    ISLANTRAN works with organizations and entrepreneurs developing new ways to mobilize philanthropic capital. From early-stage concepts to pilot design, the focus is on translating promising ideas into structures that can work within the practical realities of charitable capital.