Stories of Impact

While lending is a primary activity at Capital Impact Partners, it is a means to an end: we use capital as a tool to effect positive change in communities across the country. As a mission-driven lender, our true impact is felt when we finance projects that create jobs or provide needed services or opportunities for those most in need.


  • Takesa Village: How Residents Took Cooperative Ownership Over Their Community

    Takesa Village Housing Cooperative – Mead, Washington

    Their neighborhood in a constant struggle with drugs and nuisance houses, the residents of this mobile home park take action to control their future and take back their community.

    Join the Takesa Village Residents on Their Ownership Journey

  • Taking the Longview: 40 Years in Detroit’s Cass Corridor

    Developer Spotlight: Joel Landy – Detroit, Michigan

    In 1977, Joel Landy purchased his first vacant home in Detroit. With a lot of sweat-equity, Landy became a defacto not-for-profit economic development agency and a key figure in the city’s revitalization.

    Tour Detroit’s Cass Corridor with Joel

  • Nourishing the Neighborhood for 20 Years

    Imperial Fresh Market – Detroit, MI

    Amidst the economic turmoil facing Detroit, five brothers have continued to defy the odds for 20 years by expanding their grocery store…creating a healthy investment in the neighborhood and their neighbors.

    Stroll the Aisles of Imperial Fresh Market’s Healthy Offerings

  • Filling the Gap for Washington D.C.’s Uninsured

    Unity Health Care – Washington, D.C.

    Without health insurance, Michele Reynolds’ options for quality care were limited. But that all changed when Unity Health Care built a brand new facility in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 5.

    Witness how Unity’s New Health Center is Transforming Lives

  • Surmounting the “Boulders” on the Path to College

    Equitas Academy – Los Angeles, CA

    When Malka talks about removing boulders, images of a quarry may fill your mind. But in reality, it’s the barriers to college that this tireless Executive Director is attempting to remove from the path of her elementary school students in downtown Los Angeles. See how she inspires her kids.

    Meet the (Future College) Students of Equitas Academy

  • Delivering Food and Friends to Those in Need

    Meals on Wheels – Tarrant County, Texas

    Once an accomplished chef who fed diners across North Central Texas, Kajl now relies on the kindness of volunteers to deliver a hot meal…with a side of friendship.

    Meet Kajl and the Meals on Wheels Volunteers