Our three-day agenda overview for our first-ever flagship conference in Chicago is now available, outlining our schedule that prioritizes interactive sessions, deeper relationship-building, and opportunities to connect around emerging models, financing strategies, and actionable partnerships.
This agenda overviewprovides a day-by-day breakdown of what you can expect at SOCAP26, designed to reinforce SOCAP’s commitment to strengthening connections between capital and impact and accelerating solutions long after the event concludes. We are also thrilled to announce our Chicago Community Sessions, which will offer attendees tangible, in-the-community experiences of the solutions and impact happening across Chicagoland.
Explore this year's agenda outline, get your ticket, and make your plans to join us in Chicago, Oct. 12 - 14, 2026!
Tune in to a new Money + Meaning episode about the impact of public-private partnerships.
Join a webinar on growing your organization by building your impact communications infrastructure.
Save $700 on an exclusive SOCAP26 + ImpactAlpha bundle!
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What to Expect at SOCAP26: Day-by-Day Highlights
Three days of catalytic content, cross-sector collaboration, and bold solutions for advancing impact across the Midwest and beyond.
SOCAP26 will emphasize participatory, action-oriented engagement across all three days—prioritizing interactive sessions, deeper relationship-building, and opportunities to connect around emerging models, financing strategies, and actionable partnerships. Designed to move beyond conversation toward practical collaboration and implementation, the agenda reinforces SOCAP’s commitment to strengthening connections between capital and impact and accelerating solutions long after the event concludes. Explore the agenda highlights and check out what’s new this year! LEARN MORE.
Reaching Underserved Communities: The Impact of Public-Private Partnerships
Featuring Jeannine Jacokes (Community Development Bankers Association), Payton Batliner (Native American Bank), Michael Fratarcangeli (Beneficial State Bank), and Saurabh Narain (National Community Investment Fund).
This episode of the Money + Meaning podcast, recorded at SOCAP25, explores how targeted investments in underserved communities are delivering real, measurable impact and what that means for the future of community finance. The conversation spotlights the broader movement to close financial gaps and create long-term economic opportunity, with the goal not just of celebrating progress but of charting a path forward for deeper, more aligned investment in community development. TUNE IN.
WEBINAR | Scale Your Impact: Building the Communications Infrastructure Organizations Need to Grow
Join the conversation on June 9 for insights from Christopher Marquis (University of Cambridge), Kate Williams (1% for the Planet), Charlotte Levitt (B Lab), and James Duft (Bark Media).
Your impact doesn’t speak for itself. An authentic storytelling framework designed to build an audience of people invested in your work is a fundamental requirement for organizations seeking to expand the potential of their impact and ability to scale. Organizations such as B Lab and 1% for the Planet have demonstrated how an effective storytelling foundation can support community engagement, collective action, and growth for their members and movement. Join this webinar, hosted by SOCAP and Bark Media, on June 9 at 12 p.m. ET for valuable, actionable insights you can apply to scale your organization and its impact. REGISTER.
Save $700 on an Exclusive SOCAP26 + ImpactAlpha Bundle Take advantage of this limited-time offer to become an active, year-round part of the impact community!
SOCAP and ImpactAlpha connect the full spectrum of impact, reducing friction and unlocking sidelined resources worldwide. We’re offering a limited-time bundle that gives you full access to this powerful community at a special price. Secure your ticket to SOCAP26, October 12-14 in Chicago, and get a one-year subscription to ImpactAlpha at a significant bundle discount, a $700 savings! This offer is available only to new ImpactAlpha subscribers. PURCHASE NOW.
In the Community:
From Our Partners | Request for Proposals: Funding for Strategic Collaboration in the Impact Investing Sector
To support a more sustainable and effective ecosystem for the impact sector, this request for proposals (RFP) from the Sorenson Impact Institute seeks to support strategic consolidation among nonprofit field-building organizations in the impact investing and inclusive capitalism ecosystems. With the Collaboration Fund, a $1M pooled grant fund supported by the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Institute hopes to help remove some of the barriers to mergers, acquisitions, and other forms of deep collaboration by providing financial support for integration costs. Watch this webinar recording for more information about the opportunity and submit your letter of intent by June 11, 2026. LEARN MORE.
From Our Partners | Bootcamp and Consumer Packaged Goods Pitch Competition for Chicago-Area Founders
SEED SPOT and Greenwood Archer Capital have launched Made for Retail Chicago—a bootcamp and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) pitch competition connecting Chicago-area consumer product founders with nondilutive capital, retail buyers, and the tools to get there. Made for Retail Chicago is designed for businesses in Chicago, Cook County, and the surrounding Collar Counties that are positioned for near-term growth but face persistent barriers to capital access and mass retail entry. Five selected founders will pitch live to a panel of retail buyers, capital providers, and industry judges on August 27, 2026, in Chicago, competing for a total of $25,000 in nondilutive cash grants. Apply by July 2, 2026! LEARN MORE.
"The Value of Culture & Place” at SOCAP26 📍
In this video, Joe Scantlebury of Living Cities discusses how we can overcome barriers to inclusive capital strategies to ensure "that we are not only bringing capital to places but deploying it to create the inclusive economies we need now and for our future."
"The Value of Culture & Place," one of the five content tracks at SOCAP26, focuses on opportunities to strengthen communities through investment in local systems, creative economies, and culture-rooted development. From affordable housing to narrative power to scaling proven solutions, impact leaders at these sessions will demonstrate how investment and action can be shaped by and held accountable to the places they serve. WATCH HERE.
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