News Coverage

Capital Impact Partners, one of the Momentus Capital branded family of companies, receives regular media coverage for its work to transform how capital and investments flow into communities to provide people access to the capital and opportunities they deserve.

That coverage, compiled on this page, includes our efforts with local leaders and key organizations to deliver critical social services, helping diverse developers grow their businesses, and other important programs and initiatives.

If you are a member of the media and have a press inquiry, please reach out to David Greisman at dgreisman@capitalimpact.org.

  • The Policy Behind the Investing Behind That New Neighborhood Grocery Store

    December 2015

    As a mission-driven lender, Capital Impact drives investment into projects that create access to critical services necessary for undeserved communities to thrive. But often, so much more goes into making these deals happen. As this Next City article illustrates, that effort also extends to the “grunt work” of advocating for federal and state policies and programs that make these deals workable for a wide variety of borrowers.

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  • A Holistic Approach to Healthy Food Financing

    November 2015

    Healthy food financing isn’t just about health. There is no doubt that improving access to fresh, nutritious foods in low-income communities can help people improve eating habits and prevent diet-related diseases, such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. But the impacts for people and communities are even greater than that. Learn more about those impacts in this Op-Ed by Capital Impact’s Chief Lending Officer, Scott Sporte.

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  • Kresge Foundation CEO Highlights Work of Capital Impact

    November 2015

    As Community Development Financial Institution leaders from across the country gathered for their annual meeting in Detroit, CDFI Connect sat down with Rip Rapson, president and CEO of the Detroit-based Kresge Foundation to hear more about how the foundation is helping the revitalization of that city. In his Q&A, Mr. Rapson highlighted Kresge’s support of Capital Impact and our long-time leadership in financing projects that create more access to the critical services the cities residents need.

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  • Capital Impact Funds Spur Revitalization in Detroit

    Fall 2015

    The fall of 2015 was a flurry of activity as Capital Impact saw the opening of the first projects financed through its Detroit Neighborhoods Fund and Woodward Corridor Investment Fund. Michigan Live covered the ribbon cutting for the Regis Houze in midtown Detroit, which included speakers Mayor Mike Duggan and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon. That was followed by the opening of the Regis Houze in New Center with CDFI Fund Director Annie Donovan and Kresge Foundation’s Laura Trudeau covered by Crain’s Detroit.

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  • Q&A with Capital Impact’s CFO Ellis Carr

    October 2015

    In the fall of 2015, Capital Impact’s Ellis Carr was elected to the board of directors for the Opportunity Finance Network, the organization charged with advocating for Community Development Financial Institutions across the country. In this Q&A by CDFI Connect, Carr talks about his passion for community development and his vision for the industry, including the need to develop the next generation of leaders, expand equity and diversity, promote policy reform and raise the brand of the CDFI sector.

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  • A Rational Way to Weigh Affordable Housing

    October 2015

    Inclusionary growth is critical to Capital Impact’s mission to build strong, vibrant communities. That pathway, however, can be complicated. This Dallas Observer article highlights how a new calculator developed through the Capital Impact-managed Cornerstone Partnership can help cities see “precisely where and when and how the inclusion of affordable units would affect the economic viability of any project.” Such knowledge can create win-win scenarios for residents, developers, and cities.

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