Our 2024 Impact Reports
The EIF team is taking a fresh approach with our 2024 Impact Report. Instead of one comprehensive document, we’re sharing our progress through focused modules.
Module 1: The Business Case for Impact
Published June 16, 2025
This module centers on our fund’s impact thesis—delivering on the business case for impact. As we mark our fifth year of impact reporting for EIF, our goal is to clarify our thesis, explain how it informs our impact investment strategy aligned to ECMC Group’s mission, and encourage companies and investors to adopt a similar approach.
Module 2: Accelerating Impact
Published July 28, 2025
This second module brings that thesis to life. We’re proud to showcase how our portfolio companies are driving meaningful outcomes—and how we help accelerate their impact. These stories reflect not only the promise of our thesis but also the power of partnership in making it real.
Our Approach to Impact
We leverage a three-step approach to identifying, assessing and accelerating impact that hinges on partnering collaboratively with our portfolio companies to support them in achieving their impact goals. In addition to capital, our fund is committed to accelerating the impact of our portfolio by providing access to resources, supporting strategic projects to measure and articulate impact, and providing opportunities for collaboration with the EIF team and ECMC Group network.
Our Impact Framework
During our diligence process, we evaluate a company’s impact using a three-factor framework, assessing each element based on the company’s current outcomes data. We also use this framework to identify potential opportunities to improve a company’s impact outcomes, either by enhancing metrics/analytics or rolling out specific impact initiatives. Using the initial assessment as a roadmap, we work to support our companies in advancing their impact analytics and outcomes.
Reach
The size of the impact opportunity and the company’s current and potential impact on underrepresented or marginalized populations.
Efficacy
The research and data points that validate the company’s ability to deliver long-term outcomes aligned with its impact vision.
Scalability
The company’s ability to drive operating leverage while maintaining or improving its impact outcomes over time.
Impact Acceleration
Our fund provides tailored supports and dedicated resources necessary for accelerating progress toward our portfolio companies’ impact goals and achieving financial success.
Impact Highlights: Monitoring Progress
We love partnering with our portfolio companies and are committed to focusing on the impact outcomes that matter most. When there’s a clear opportunity to help a company amplify its impact, our Impact Acceleration team jumps in—with dedicated time, resources and expertise—supporting projects that truly move the needle.
Our impact framework helps us stay focused on real outcomes and gives us a consistent way to track progress across the portfolio. It also allows us to dig deeper into the connection between impact and financial results, so we can further demonstrate the business case for impact.
Connect with Us
Our team is eager to hear from entrepreneurs delivering impact for learners and workers.