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Community Development Lending, Explained
For anyone seeking to access lending for community development projects, understanding the different types of loans can be confusing. At Capital Impact Partners, our commitment to fostering positive social impact drives us to support mission-aligned real estate developers and community...
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Community Development, Demystified: A Glossary
As a mission-driven developer, organization, or business looking into community development projects, you may be coming across language that might sound confusing and be challenging to understand. What is a CDFI? What is NMTC? What is LTV? At the Momentus...
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Nourish DC: Technical Assistance Helps Food Entrepreneurs Build Their Business Acumen
A strong local food ecosystem is essential to community health and economic prosperity — and in Washington, D.C., food deserts (areas without full-service grocery stores) in communities living with lower incomes are a significant factor in persistent food insecurity. Building...
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Racial Healing: The Path to Racial Equity Starts Here
Since the racial reckoning of 2020, the term racial equity has been used consistently to talk about the goal of organizations like ours. Racial equity works to address hundreds of years of injustice perpetuated on the basis of race in...
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Our Impact in 2023
As we begin 2024, we at the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations want to thank all of you – whether you are a borrower, a partner, an investor, or a member of the Momentus community –Â for being part...
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Momentus Capital’s Approach to Social Impact Measurement
Across the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations, we know that to maximize our impact, we need to first understand it. Building and sustaining healthy, inclusive, and equitable communities requires capital and resources – but without measuring outcomes, it’s impossible...
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How Momentus Capital Supports Economic Stability
Across the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations, our mission is to ensure people and communities have the capital and opportunities they deserve to overcome a history of systemic disinvestment. To support underestimated communities in achieving positive social and economic...
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Driving Change with a Human Approach to Lending Operations
Every aspect of our lending operations is built on our values, which means taking out a loan from Momentus is a much different experience than borrowing from a traditional financial institution.
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How We Updated Our Credit Guidelines to Support Diverse Developers
By Masouda Omar, Head of Small Business & Community Development Credit – Lending Operation As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Capital Impact Partners has played a part in both upholding and dismantling systemic racial bias in the credit system....
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