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Social Impact Research (SIR) is Root Cause's independent research department. Modeled after private sector equity research firms, SIR produces research reports, analyzes philanthropic portfolios, and provides educational services for advisors to help their clients make more informed philanthropic decisions.
SIR focuses exclusively on the needs of social impact investors and those who advise them. SIR aggregates, analyzes, and disseminates information to help social impact investors identify and support the most effective, efficient, and sustainable organizations working to solve social problems.
Social impact investors are individuals and organizations in the nonprofit, public, or business sectors whose primary expectation in providing resources to an organization is measurable performance. The following characteristics define these investors:
