By Alison Powers, Cooperative & Community Initiatives Manager In early 2020, Capital Impact Partners, in partnership with the National Cooperative Bank, awarded a total of $100,000 to three awardees, – ChiFresh Kitchen, The Guild, and the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative – through its Co-op Innovative Award. Capital Impact’s Co-op Innovative Award aims to increase co-op […]
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Podcast: Everything Co-op Interview about Capital Impact’s 2020 Co-op Innovation Award
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Alliance Video Series – CEO Conversations: What Problems We’re Solving
Ellis Carr is now the president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance. Kurt Chilcott, formerly president and CEO of CDC Small Business Finance, has transitioned to Board Chair of the combined organization. We invite you to learn more about our new enterprise at www.investedincommunities.org  CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact […]
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As Crises Deepen Inequity, CDFIs Act as a Counterforce in Order to Build Community Assets
By Diane Borradaile, Chief Lending Officer For generations, systemic racism has kept many people of color from achieving even a basic standard of living, which includes social services that help communities thrive. As we wrote in the first of our series looking at the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color, the disproportionate […]
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Alliance Video Series – CEO Conversations: Addressing the Wealth Gap at Scale
Ellis Carr is now the president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance. Kurt Chilcott, formerly president and CEO of CDC Small Business Finance, has transitioned to Board Chair of the combined organization. We invite you to learn more about our new enterprise at www.investedincommunities.org  CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners recently […]
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Alliance Video Series – CEO Conversations: A New Alliance
Ellis Carr is now the president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance. Kurt Chilcott, formerly president and CEO of CDC Small Business Finance, has transitioned to Board Chair of the combined organization. We invite you to learn more about our new enterprise at www.investedincommunities.org  CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners recently […]
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Learning to Change: Reflections of the CDFI Racial Equity Collaborative on Education
This post was written by OFN Blog guest authors and OFN members BlueHub Capital, Capital Impact Partners, IFF, Nonprofit Finance Fund, LISC, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), Reinvestment Fund, and Self-Help Introduction In recent years, community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and similar mission-oriented financial services organizations have begun to elevate the importance of explicitly addressing racial equity […]
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Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance Announce Alliance
As of July 1, 2021, Ellis Carr is now the president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance. Kurt Chilcott, formerly president and CEO of CDC Small Business Finance, is transitioning to Board Chair of both organizations. In 2020, Kurt Chilcott and Ellis Carr sat down for a video series of […]
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Audio Blog: Expanding Opportunity for Diverse Real Estate Developers in the Time of COVID-19
Editor’s note: This conversation took place virtually to protect all participants during the COVID-19 pandemic. There may be sound issues, as this was a live webinar. As COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact communities of color, it is important that supporting diverse developers does not stop. As not only business owners, but community builders, diverse developers […]
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Capital Impact Partners’ Response to Recent Violence Against Black Lives