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Now You Can Invest In Underserved Communities with Capital Impact
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO The idea of “community” often conjures images of a geographic place, a shared space where people congregate. While true, communities can be so much more. Their true potential can manifest itself when they foster...
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How CDFIs Expand Economic Opportunities in Underserved Communities
More than Money Podcast Interviews Ellis Carr, President & CEO of Capital Impact Expanding opportunities for residents in low-income communities is the focus of community development financial institutions (CDFIs). These mission-driven institutions prioritize social, economic and racial justice for underserved...
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How To Use Historic Tax Credits To Promote Community Development
By Danielle Graceffa, Senior Director, Legal Services Real estate development has always been a risky proposition, fraught with numerous challenges that must always be carefully balanced against the promise of reward. Throw in the possibility of rehabbing historic properties and...
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Why and How We Finance Charter Schools
By Emilie Linick, Senior Loan Officer, and Quanic Fullard, Impact Strategy Specialist Capital Impact Partners has long been driven by a mission to help people build communities of opportunity that break barriers to success. To that end, we continually look to...
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COIN: Building economic clout to fight neighborhood poverty
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO and Scott Sporte, Chief Lending Officer Note: This Op-Ed originally appeared in the publication Capital Weekly. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s report The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2015, nearly eight million people in California...
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Pivoting to Create Opportunity Amidst National Change
Ellis Carr, President and CEO 2016 was marked by change—both for the U.S. and for Capital Impact. Our country witnessed a transition in leadership and with it words and actions that have divided our country. Part of this division included...
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Leading the Way in Mission-driven Lending
Scott Sporte, Chief Lending Officer We have had a strong year in our lending work, where many of our newest initiatives gained momentum and had tremendous impact in the communities we serve. As witnessed in our 2016 Annual Report, we...
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AA Rating Leads Strong Year of Financial Highlights
Natalie Gunn, Chief Financial Officer Capital Impact Partners ended 2016 in an extremely strong financial position with unrestricted net assets increasing by $2.4 million. As illustrated in our 2016 Annual Report, our loan portfolio grew by $26 million or 15%,...
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Partnering for Impact With The CDFI Fund
By Scott Berman, Director of Policy & Development As a mission-driven lender, Capital Impact Partners collaborates with a wide range of public, private and philanthropic organizations that invest in our efforts to transform underserved communities into vibrant places of...
