Catalyzing community engagement and investing in communities of color in regions nationwide is enabling underinvested communities to raise their voices to overcome structural racism and discrimination

Arlington, VA (March 13, 2019) – In 2018, Capital Impact Partners invested time and capital to empower communities of color and underinvested individuals across the country. Capital Impact announced today that its fourth-quarter financing and investment efforts are expected to serve more than 153,000 beneficiaries and create more than 2,200 permanent and construction-related jobs. The organization convened community members to envision what is needed to foster inclusive food systems that support prosperity for all community members. Capital Impact also reached a milestone with its S&P-rated Investment Notes, selling more than $100 million to institutional and retail investors.

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

Arlington, VA (February 26, 2019) – Capital Impact Partners, a leading mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution, announced today that it has been named to ImpactAssets’ 2019 impact investing showcase, the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50). The eighth annual guide features fund managers representing private debt and equity investments that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. This represents the second year in a row that Capital Impact has been named to the IA 50.

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Arlington, VA, Chicago, Ill, and Boca Raton, FL (February 12, 2019) – Capital Impact Partners today announced that it has achieved a significant impact investing milestone by selling more than $100 million of Capital Impact Investment Notes through Incapital LLC’s nationwide network of broker-dealers, institutions, and financial advisors. Capital Impact has seen robust interest in these AA-* rated Notes that are still the only offering by a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that is S&P rated, DTC-settled and offered on a continuous basis through brokerage accounts in almost all U.S. states.

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The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will provide capital and business training to underserved minority entrepreneurs in the Washington, D.C. region.

February 11, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) – Capital Impact Partners joined JPMorgan Chase today to announce the expansion of the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund in the Washington, D.C. area. The Fund will support local minority entrepreneurs through access to capital and technical assistance.

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The Partnership for the Bay’s Future will protect tenant rights and promote one of the largest housing investment funds in the country

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, Capital Impact Partners joins Bay Area community and faith leaders, housing advocates, business leaders, and philanthropists to launch a regional public-private housing partnership that will build one of the country’s largest investment funds to address the regional affordable housing crisis.

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