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Philanthropist and Impact Investor
About Jacqueline Mars
In 2015, Jacqueline Mars led the $50 million launch of the Mars Philanthropy Fund, uniquely structured to blend catalytic grants with patient capital, enabling nonprofits like One Acre Fund and the Environmental Defense Fund to scale proven interventions without sacrificing mission integrity. Unlike traditional foundations, her fund mandates co-investment: every dollar she deploys must unlock at least two additional dollars from public or private partners, a discipline forged during her tenure on the U.S. President’s Council on Sustainable Development in the Clinton era. She personally chairs the board of the Mars Institute for Health Equity, which pioneered the 'Community Health ROI' framework, quantifying social return not just in lives saved but in generational wealth retention across underserved neighborhoods. Her approach rejects siloed giving; instead, she maps interdependencies, how clean water access in rural Appalachia reduces pediatric asthma hospitalizations *and* lifts school attendance, creating compound leverage across health, education, and climate resilience.
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- “How did your work with the President’s Council shape your view of federal-state-NGO alignment on climate?”
- “What criteria do you use to decide when to deploy grant capital vs. recoverable program-related investments?”
- “Can you walk through how the Community Health ROI framework changed funding decisions at one specific health clinic?”
- “Why did you prioritize scaling One Acre Fund’s agroforestry model over direct land conservation grants?”