Capital Impact Partners Names New Chief Lending Officer and Creation of Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Position

Arlington, VA (March 15, 2018) – Capital Impact Partners today announced two significant changes to its Executive Management Team. Scott Sporte, Capital Impact’s Chief Lending Officer since 2005, assumes the role of the newly created Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer. Diane Borradaile, formerly of the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), fills the Chief Lending Officer position.

Washington D.C. Mayor Names Capital Impact Partners To Help Manage New Affordable Housing Preservation Fund

$10 million Fund will be used to leverage private and philanthropic dollars to create $40 million for investing in affordable housing across D.C.’s eight wards

WASHINGTON, DC (March 14, 2018) – Washington, D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced that Capital Impact Partners and Local Initiatives Support Corporation-DC (LISC), two national nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), will manage the District’s newly created $10 million Affordable Housing Preservation Fund. The Mayor’s Housing Preservation Strike Force recommended the creation of this Fund, located within the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), to increase the preservation of affordable housing in the District.

​Capital Impact Partners Named to ImpactAssets 7th Annual IA 50 Impact Investment Fund Showcase

Free Online Database Connects Investors to Fund Managers that Deliver Social, Environmental, and Financial Returns

Arlington, VA (March 6, 2018) – Capital Impact Partners, a leading mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution, announced today that it has been named to ImpactAssets 2017-2018 impact investing showcase, the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50). The seventh annual guide features fund managers representing private debt and equity investments that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. 

Capital Impact Partners Tops $2.5 Billion in Loans Supporting Low-Income Communities

Milestone achieved as part of record-breaking year supporting projects that increase access to critical social services

Arlington, VA (February 26, 2018) – Capital Impact Partners, a leading mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution, announced today it marked more than $2.5 billion in loans to underserved communities across the country since its founding.

Capital Impact reached this milestone by financing projects that increase access to a variety of fundamental social services, including quality health care and education, affordable housing, healthy foods, cooperative development, and the ability for older adults to age in their communities. This effort has touched the lives of more than five million people and created more than 37,000 jobs.

Strong Fourth Quarter Propels Capital Impact Partners To Record Year Supporting Underserved Communities

Investments in health, education, and dignified aging projects – as well as impact investing, partnerships, and capacity building – empowered disinvested communities to excel

Arlington, VA (February 26, 2018) – Summing up immense impact for underserved communities in 2017, Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided more than $67.5 million in financing during the fourth quarter of 2017. This helped the organization reach a record loan volume of $220 million in 2017, as well as $2.5 billion in financing to underserved communities across its history. The fourth quarter also saw several significant developments for Capital Impact – from the launch of its impact investing program to an innovative program development initiative focused on equity– forging opportunities for advancement in disinvested communities.

​Capital Impact Partners Awarded $65 million in New Markets Tax Credits To Attract Private Capital and Advance Social Impact Efforts

Award Will Spur Endeavors to Increase Access to Social Services in Underserved Communities

Arlington, VA (February 13, 2018) — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has awarded Capital Impact Partners a $65 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation. This award helps advance Capital Impact’s mission to increase access to critical social services in distressed communities, spur economic development, and create jobs by incentivizing private sector investors to partner in its community financing efforts.

Capital Impact Partners Continues to Expand Innovation and Lending Support for Underserved Communities in Third Quarter

$51 million in health, education and dignified aging projects advance equity for those most in need

Arlington, VA (December 22, 2017) — ​Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided more than $51 million in project financing during the third quarter of 2017, supporting increased access to health care, education, affordable housing, and healthy food for underserved communities around the United States. These transactions – including a few returning borrowers – represent concrete impact and positive outcomes for individuals in areas that often suffer from underinvestment or have
neglected populations.

​CEOs of four leading Community Development Financial Institutions call on Congress to preserve the New Markets Tax Credit​

​To Members of the Tax Reform Conference Committee:

As leaders of four of the nation’s largest nonprofit financial institutions dedicated to improving economic opportunity in local communities, we write to urge your support for the preservation of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) during upcoming negotiations on tax reform legislation.

Capital Impact Partners​ and Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Launch Social Impact Investing Joint Venture​

Arlington, VA and New York, NY (November 1, 2017) — Capital Impact Partners and Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) (“Annaly”) today jointly announced the launch of a new $25 million joint venture dedicated to supporting community development in underserved cities across the country. An innovative structure in the mortgage REIT sector, the collaboration provides direct financing for socially responsible projects in low-income communities while simultaneously enabling Capital Impact’s ability to further expand its work nationally.

Capital Impact Partners and JPMorgan Chase Launch New Program to Increase the Number of Minority Developers in Detroit

Innovative, Two-Year Pilot Program Provides Critical Capital and Training for Next Generation of Developers

October 19, 2017 (Detroit) – Today, Capital Impact Partners—with support from JPMorgan Chase & Co.—announced a new $5 million program committed to help more minority real estate developers participate in Detroit’s continued economic recovery by providing them with critical training opportunities and access to capital. The program will help 15-20 new minority developers help their businesses grow.