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The Top 10 Questions To Ask Your Community Development Real Estate Lender Before Starting Your Development Project
As a real estate developer looking to deliver social impact, the process of finding and engaging with a lender can be hard. Once your mind is set on starting a community development real estate project, who do you turn to?...
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Wells Fargo Foundation awards $40 million for equity in real estate
Wells Fargo Foundation awards $40 million for equity in real estate 2022 The Growing Housing Developers (GHD) program is working to expand the growth and success of community-rooted real estate developers. The initiative includes a collaboration between Capital Impact Partners,...
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On Her Own ‘Merritt’: Developer Among 39 Chosen For $40 Million Wells Fargo Grant
On Her Own ‘Merritt’: Developer Among 39 Chosen For $40 Million Wells Fargo Grant 2022 Gina Merritt — the developer and founder of Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures — was one of the 39 developers participating in the Growing Housing...
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Video: Momentus Capital’s Senate Testimony Champions Community Advantage for Small Business Support
Momentus Capital’s Chief of External Affairs, Robert Villarreal, recently testified in front of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship about improving access to capital in disinvested communities through the Small Business Administration (SBA) Community Advantage (CA) loan program....
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Forty Years of Breaking Barriers to Success and Building Communities of Opportunity
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO 2022 is a special year for us at Capital Impact Partners as it marks our 40th anniversary. Four decades of leaning into helping people build communities of opportunity and developing pathways to success. And...
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Non-dilutive Impact Investments That Center the Needs of the Company
While local leaders are best positioned to drive community-driven solutions, they still consistently butt up against barriers to accessing capital to grow their business. It is often confusing for business owners to know where to start or who they can...
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Impact Investing for Expanding Health Services: Q&A With SameSky Health CEO Abner Mason
Abner Mason came up with the idea for SameSky Health in 2013 with a dream of creating a company that is on a mission to advance health equity. From its inception, SameSky Health has been focused on engaging and helping...
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We are Now Part of the Momentus Capital Family of Organizations!
Momentus Capital, including Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance, two of the nation’s leading mission-driven financial organizations, will transform how capital flows to local leaders whose success will help build strong communities.
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Trends and Policies that May Affect Community Development & Small Business in 2022
Like 2020, 2021 presented challenges for small business owners, often revealing historical and systemic disinvestment in communities of color. It also created opportunities for businesses to adapt and rebuild. While communities and businesses are still dealing with the repercussions of...
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