Make Your Giving Recyclable: PRIs, DAFs, & Catalytic Capital

A practical conversation for charitable investors, DAF holders, family offices, foundations, and impact-minded donors

What if some of your charitable dollars could do more than make a one-time gift?

What if they could become catalytic — helping important social-impact work grow now — and potentially recyclable, allowing capital to be returned and redeployed for future impact?

Join us at the Beck Venture Center at Colorado School of Mines
for a practical, in-person conversation on blended philanthropic capital, program-related investments, recoverable grants, donor-advised fund strategies, and creative capital structures that help fund mission-driven work in the real world.

Event Registration Here (free)
https://events.humanitix.com/blending-philanthropic-capital-a-showcase-of-funders-and-founders-doing-it-right-now

This event is designed for people asking questions like:

• Could my DAF or foundation capital be used in more catalytic ways?
• What is a PRI, recoverable grant, or blended capital stack?
• How do funders support mission-driven
  companies without using only traditional grants?
• How can philanthropic capital help unlock education, workforce, climate, community, and economic-mobility outcomes?
• What should donors and investors look for before saying yes?

Rather than focusing on theory, this session will spotlight funders and founders actively exploring and building these structures now. Speakers will share practical examples, lessons learned, open questions, and what it takes to make blended philanthropic capital work responsibly.

If you are a DAF holder, charitable investor, foundation leader, family-office advisor, impact investor, or donor who wants your giving to become more catalytic, strategic, and potentially reusable, this conversation is for you.

## Event Flow

2:00–2:15 PM — Check-In and Networking

2:30–3:15 PM — The “How”: Funders and Founders in Action
Real examples of blended philanthropic capital, recoverable funding, PRIs, and creative capital stacks.

3:15–4:00 PM — Ask Me Anything
A practical Q&A on what works, what is hard, and what funders should understand before deploying catalytic capital.

4:00–5:00 PM — Facilitated Networking
Connect directly with founders, funders, DAF holders, advisors, and others building the impact-capital ecosystem.

## Who Should Attend

Charitable investors, DAF holders, family offices, private foundations, community foundations, philanthropic advisors, impact investors, mission-driven founders, and donors interested in making their capital more catalytic and potentially recyclable.

## Why It Matters

Many of the most important challenges — education access, workforce mobility, climate transition, community resilience, and economic opportunity — need more flexible capital than traditional grants or conventional investment alone can provide.

Blended philanthropic capital can help bridge that gap.
Come learn how.

Beck Venture Center at Colorado School of Mines

Event Registration Here (free)
https://events.humanitix.com/blending-philanthropic-capital-a-showcase-of-funders-and-founders-doing-it-right-now

What to Expect
This event will include both an Investor/Funder Panel and a Founder Panel, creating a practical conversation from both sides of the table.

The Investor/Funder Panel will explore how charitable investors, DAF holders, and catalytic funders think about PRIs, recoverable grants, and blended philanthropic capital.

The Founder Panel will feature mission-driven founders actively exploring or building blended capital strategies, including Career Invites as a live case study in using catalytic capital to expand student access to career discovery while building sustainable earned revenue.

Career Invites helps high school students discover careers they they love and the training and next steps to get there fast.