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.

Capital Impact Partners Launches ‘AA’* Rated Investment Opportunity To Support Underserved U.S. Communities

Investors can earn a financial, as well as a social, return on their investments

Arlington, VA (October 11, 2017) — Capital Impact Partners, a non-profit corporation, certified by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), today announced the launch of an offering of up to $100 million of ‘AA’* rated fixed-income Capital Impact Investment Notes (Notes) that allows retail and institutional investors the opportunity to invest in the mission-driven organization’s nationwide efforts to create social impact for underserved communities. Available for as low as $1,000, individual and institutional investors can purchase the Notes through their brokerage accounts and earn a financial, as well as a social, return on their investments.

Capital Impact Partners Debuts New Guide for Building and Expanding Charter School Facilities

“How-to” Tool Aims to Help Charter School Operators Navigate the Facility Development Process from Concept to Financing

Arlington, VA (October 11, 2017) — The process for building or expanding a charter school can be complicated and daunting. Enter The Answer Key by Capital Impact Partners, a simple how-to guide with practical tools designed to help school operators successfully navigate the construction process.

Covering each phase of the facility development process – including concept, predevelopment, design and pre-construction, construction, and financing – the step-by-step publication is based on Capital Impact’s 20 years of supporting and financing successful charter schools across the country. A number of education practitioners with real-world construction experience also lent their expertise to the guide.

Capital Impact Partners Marks Largest Quarter Ever In Financing Community Development Projects

Arlington, VA (September 18, 2017)Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided $75 million in project financing during the second quarter of 2017. This represents the largest quarterly loan volume in the company’s history as it worked to support increased access to health care, education, affordable housing, and healthy food around the United States.

“In the first half of 2017 alone, our loan volume has nearly surpassed our totals from across all of last year,” said Ellis Carr, president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners. “That is a testament to our hard working team’s efforts to do everything we can to ensure that good projects that help create equity and opportunity get the financing they need. Moving into new markets like Kansas further demonstrated our resolve and creativity to reach new communities.”

Capital Impact Partners Advances Financing Efforts to Support Affordable Housing, Education, and Health Care in Low-Income Communities

First quarter lending in underserved communities totals $26 million

Arlington, VA (June 30, 2017)Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided $26 million in project financing during the first quarter of 2017, supporting increased access to health care, education, affordable housing, and healthy food around the U.S. Other first-quarter highlights include an “AA” issuer credit rating from S&P Global Inc., the launch of a key job-creation program, and the release of important new affordable housing research.