Portland incubated Social Finance Israel to act as the country’s first social-financial intermediary. It now issues innovative investment tools, such as Social Impact Bonds to attract new capital for non-profit organisations and social enterprises with monetary returns to investors. Israel’s first SIB targeted the reduction of dropout rates among computer science students at higher education institutions, and has focused on the prevention of Type II Diabetes, and enhancing maths achievements for Bedouin youth.
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