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Nourish DC: Technical Assistance Helps Food Entrepreneurs Build Their Business Acumen
A strong local food ecosystem is essential to community health and economic prosperity — and in Washington, D.C., food deserts (areas without full-service grocery stores) in communities living with lower incomes are a significant factor in persistent food insecurity. Building...
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Racial Healing: The Path to Racial Equity Starts Here
Since the racial reckoning of 2020, the term racial equity has been used consistently to talk about the goal of organizations like ours. Racial equity works to address hundreds of years of injustice perpetuated on the basis of race in...
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Our Impact in 2023
As we begin 2024, we at the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations want to thank all of you – whether you are a borrower, a partner, an investor, or a member of the Momentus community –Â for being part...
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Momentus Capital’s Approach to Social Impact Measurement
Across the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations, we know that to maximize our impact, we need to first understand it. Building and sustaining healthy, inclusive, and equitable communities requires capital and resources – but without measuring outcomes, it’s impossible...
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How Momentus Capital Supports Economic Stability
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...
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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...
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How We Updated Our Credit Guidelines to Support Diverse Developers
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....
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Momentus Capital President & CEO Ellis Carr Reflects on Supreme Court Rulings
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...
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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...
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