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Forty Years of Breaking Barriers to Success and Building Communities of Opportunity
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO 2022 is a special year for us at Capital Impact Partners as it marks our 40th anniversary. Four decades of leaning into helping people build communities of opportunity and developing pathways to success. And...
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Impact Investments That Support Companies Affecting Positive Change
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance (each is part of the Momentus Capital branded family of organizations) In 2022, a Fast Company piece by Porter Braswell released new statistics that painted a...
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Meet Byron Reed, Momentus Capital’s New Senior Vice President of Business Advising
Byron Reed recently joined Momentus Capital as the new Senior Vice President of Business Advising. In his commitment to serve borrowers from underestimated communities, he will lead, manage, advise, and provide strategic direction to the team of business advisors who...
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Impact Investing for Health Equity: Q&A With SameSky Health CEO Abner Mason
SameSky Health Founder and CEO Abner Mason is on a mission to advance health equity in communities Abner Mason came up with the idea for SameSky Health in 2013 with a dream of creating a company that is on a...
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We Are Now Part of The Momentus Capital Family of Organizations!
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO of Momentus Capital, Capital Impact Partners, and CDC Small Business Finance Healthy communities are built by their residents. Small business owners, local real estate developers, and other local leaders are the engines of job...
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Meet Mindy Christensen, Our New Senior Vice President of Community Development Real Estate
Mindy Christensen recently joined Capital Impact as the new Senior VP of Community Development Real Estate. She leads her team to support Capital Impact’s mission to transform how capital and investments flow into communities by facilitating loan transactions for health...
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Trends and Policies that May Affect Community Development & Small Business in 2022
Like 2020, 2021 presented challenges for small business owners, often revealing historical and systemic disinvestment in communities of color. It also created opportunities for businesses to adapt and rebuild. While communities and businesses are still dealing with the repercussions of...
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VIDEO: A Visual Storytelling of Capital Impact Partners’ First 10 Years in Detroit
Over the past 10 years, Capital Impact Partners has invested more than $300 million to foster equitable and inclusive Detroit communities, and we are committed to achieving that vision with the city’s residents. To celebrate our 10th anniversary of working...
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Marching Toward “Freedom and Jobs”: How Our New Enterprise Fosters Wealth Creation and Builds Inclusive and Equitable Communities
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO During the 1963 March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, attendees peacefully and constructively protested for the end of systemic barriers and racial segregation. These barriers kept members of disinvested communities from good-paying jobs...
