News Coverage
Capital Impact Partners, one of the Momentus Capital branded family of companies, receives regular media coverage for its work to transform how capital and investments flow into communities to provide people access to the capital and opportunities they deserve.
That coverage, compiled on this page, includes our efforts with local leaders and key organizations to deliver critical social services, helping diverse developers grow their businesses, and other important programs and initiatives.
If you are a member of the media and have a press inquiry, please reach out to David Greisman at dgreisman@capitalimpact.org.
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On Her Own ‘Merritt’: Developer Among 39 Chosen For $40 Million Wells Fargo Grant
2022
Gina Merritt — the developer and founder of Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures — was one of the 39 developers participating in Growing Diverse Housing Developers, an initiative co-led by Capital Impact Partners. “This is a humongous opportunity for me,” said Merritt. “The program is also going to create real estate products, and other balance sheet products that will help support developers like myself, who have been able to work in the industry, and manage projects, but don’t have the friends and family money that our white counterparts have.”
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The Most Transformative Fintech Merger That You Never Heard About
2021
Ellis Carr conducted an interview with Forbes Magazine about Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business finance coming together to tackle the lack of investment in communities of color.
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Opinion: Equitable revitalization critical to Detroit’s future
2021
In this opinion piece, CEO Ellis Carr talks about how Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance have come together to focus on building equitable communities for all Detroiters.
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Washington Business Journal Women Who Mean Business 2020 | Natalie Gunn
2020
In 2020, Capital Impact’s CFO Natalie Gunn was named to the Washington Business Journal’s 2020 list of Women Who Mean Business. This profile piece looks at Natalie’s work at Capital Impact Partners to create equitable futures for disinvested communities nationwide. Natalie stated in the article that our work is about raising the right type of capital, “so that we can then have a strong capital base to be able to provide the type of investment to the communities we serve that they actually need.”
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New Lending Industry Alliance to Bolster Underserved Communities
2020
With a focus on economic empowerment, equitable wealth creation, and connecting institutional capital to communities of color, Capital Impact’s CEO Ellis Carr describes how the organization’s new alliance with CDC Small Business Finance is working to disrupt the financial sector to deliver a breadth of products and services under a focused strategy.
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$12.5 million fund aims to help spur minority real estate development in Detroit
2020
Too often, traditional lending products did not serve borrowers of color very well due to a number of systemic inequalities that include lack of collateral, education, and networks. Capital Impact launched its Diversity in Development Detroit Loan Fund with a focus on addressing these structural issues and spurring minority real estate development in the city.
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