Arlington, VA, Chicago, IL, and Delray Beach, FL (August 5, 2021) – Capital Impact Partners today announced that it has achieved a significant impact investing milestone by issuing more than $200 million of Capital Impact Investment Notes (Notes), the net proceeds of which help drive social impact through investment in organizations that provide access to critical social services, including health care, education, affordable housing, and healthy foods. Capital Impact partners with InspereX LLC to distribute the Notes through its Legacy™ Platform to a nationwide network of broker-dealers, institutions, and financial advisors.Â
First two funded projects demonstrate how initiative creates a pathway for emerging diverse real estate developers to enter the industry and positively impact the communities in which they build
(Arlington, VA – July 8, 2021) – Capital Impact Partners today launched its $20 million Diversity in Development – DMV Loan Fund (DiD-DMV), and named the first two high-impact housing and community development projects in Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8 financed through the Fund.
Grants through the Treasury’s CDFI Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) will provide necessary capital for CDFIs to respond to economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in disinvested communities
Arlington, VA (June 15, 2021) The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that Capital Impact Partners was awarded $1,826,265 as part of $1.25 billion in awards to 863 Community Development Financial institutions (CDFIs) to respond to economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in disinvested, yet persevering communities across the country.Â
Centering our commitment to community-centered value will support hard-working communities to move forward and thrive in the wake of the pandemic
Arlington, VA (June 10, 2021) – After pivoting to face the realities that 2020 laid bare, the first quarter of 2021 for Capital Impact Partners has been about expanding our work to create opportunities for hard-working communities to move onward and upward. Our communities, including communities of color and communities living with low incomes, were hard-hit by the pandemic, as many of our neighbors were already struggling with inequity and lack of opportunities before the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Grants support the growth of four existing and emerging cooperative businesses led by underserved entrepreneurs
Washington, D.C./Arlington, VA (June 8, 2021) — The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) and Capital Impact Partners today announced $40,000 in grant awards to four existing and emerging cooperatively owned businesses operated by people of color and/or workers living with low wages through the D.C. Co-op Impact Grant. In its second year, the grant advances community development by encouraging the growth of quality jobs, sustainable businesses, leadership development, and asset building through an equitable cooperative model.
Funds will be used to provide technical assistance, catalytic grants, and lending products to support D.C. food businesses and create an equitable food system
Arlington, VA (May 6, 2021) – Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser awarded Capital Impact Partners $1 million to manage the newly announced Nourish D.C. Fund. This fund, part of the $5.2 million D.C. Local Equity, Access, and Preservation Funds (D.C. LEAF) program, aims to support a robust ecosystem of locally owned food businesses in District neighborhoods by investing in BIPOC-owned businesses that otherwise struggle to access capital and also promotes health equity in the city.Â
Organization Selected 19th Overall and 8th in the Medium-Sized Category Nationally
Arlington, VA (April 12, 2021) – Capital Impact Partners was selected as one of the 50 Best Nonprofits To Work For in 2021 by the NonProfit Times, the leading publication for nonprofit managers. In this national program, Capital Impact was 19 overall, and 8th in the medium-sized category which made up half of this year’s list. The company is one of only three Community Development Financial Institutions to make this list.
Washington, DC / San Diego, CA, March 30, 2021 – Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance are uniting operations to launch a transformative new enterprise and innovate how capital and investments flow into historically disinvested communities to advance economic empowerment and equitable wealth creation.
Leveraging their 80 years of combined efforts engaging with communities and nearly $3 billion in assets, Capital Impact Partners, one of the nation’s leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), and CDC Small Business Finance, the nation’s leading mission-based small business lender are now operating as one under Capital Impact’s current President and Chief Executive Officer Ellis Carr.
Ensuring that communities do not take steps back in their economic justice journey has and continues to drive our work to support disinvested communities, through new enterprises, programs, and lending initiatives
Arlington, VA (March 2, 2021) –2020 was a hard year for people nationwide and globally, especially for communities that were already struggling with inequity and lack of opportunities before the COVID-19 pandemic started. Amidst the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, racial violence and discrimination also continued unabated. As a result , communities saw companies, organizations, and jurisdictions taking initial steps toward ensuring equity and justice for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. While we are encouraged by the recognition of all sectors of society for the need for action, it must also be acknowledged that so much more remains to be done.
Through partnerships and commitment, Capital Impact works to make sure that communities do not lose gains they have made in building equity and generational wealth
Arlington, VA (December 3, 2020) –Since early 2020, Capital Impact Partners, our communities across the country, and our partners have been working to pivot in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the country is facing a reckoning born from the undeniable spotlight on the generations-long inequities that communities of color have experienced. This is a moment in which many people are asking not just how do we get back where we were, but how can we use this moment to enable the transformation that we want to see, so that communities can build real stability, prosperity, and equity.
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