Across the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations, our mission is to ensure people and communities have the capital and opportunities they deserve to overcome a history of systemic disinvestment. To support underestimated communities in achieving positive social and economic outcomes, we need a shared understanding of what that looks like, and why those outcomes […]
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How Momentus Capital Supports Economic Stability
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Driving Change with a Human Approach to Lending Operations
By Alexander McDonald, Senior Director of Lending Operations For communities to thrive, they need resources — but too often, small business owners, developers, and local community development leaders lack access to the capital they need to drive progress. Across the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations we are on a mission to change that through […]
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How We Updated Our Credit Guidelines to Support Developers of Color
By Masouda Omar, Head of Small Business & Community Development Credit – Lending Operation As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Capital Impact Partners has played a part in both upholding and dismantling systemic racial bias in the credit system. Since our inception, we have served sectors, industries, and borrowers not served by the traditional […]
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Momentus Capital President & CEO Ellis Carr Reflects on Supreme Court Rulings
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO At Momentus Capital, we envision a future where everyone has the capital and opportunities they deserve – especially those who have been excluded from both for so long. Our President and CEO Ellis Carr reflected on the contrast between Independence Day celebrations and a set of Supreme Court […]
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Five Ways CDFIs Can Increase Equity in Lending Practices
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) were born out of the civil rights movement to ensure that nonprofits and businesses — particularly those in communities of color and communities with lower incomes — have equitable access to loans. Yet, CDFIs are part of a financial system embedded with discriminatory lending practices which need to collectively be […]
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Women Leaders of Color in Real Estate: Five Minutes with Our HEAF Fellow Ronette Slamin
This blog originally appeared on the HAND blog. You can read the original post here. Affordable housing development firms led by people of color – both nonprofit and for-profit – are highly underrepresented in the housing industry, yet are a critical resource for strengthening the housing development ecosystem as a whole and expanding the supply […]
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Predictions 2023: What to Expect for Capital Deployment, Small Businesses, and Mission-Based Lending
As the first quarter of 2023 unfolds, Momentus Capital team members are starting to see trends for an exciting year ahead. And while 2022 proved to be another rollercoaster ride for the economy and small businesses, our experts still forecast plenty of opportunities to make 2023 a groundbreaking year in mission-based lending. In this year’s […]
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How Place-based Inclusive Development is Essential to Building Community Resilience
At Momentus Capital, we believe that residents from all walks of life should have equitable access to the things that contribute to their health and wealth. This is especially vital for underestimated communities that often have a harder time accessing resources like good jobs, affordable housing, accessible health care, and more. When these things are […]
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Black History Month: Fostering Thriving Black Communities as Resistance to Inequity
It’s Black History Month! This month, we will celebrate by illuminating the social and economic experiences that shape the lives of African American communities. We also wanted to take a moment to share the history of Black History Month and the theme for this year. Did you know that Black History is a tradition that […]
