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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Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance create Momentus Capital to inclusively and equitably transform the financial services sector
2022
Ellis Carr, president and CEO of the Momentus Capital branded family of companies, spoke with the AFRO, a Black-focused news outlet in the Washington, D.C. area. “Ultimately, our vision is to create a diversified, mission-driven financial services firm that provides communities with the opportunity to to build inclusive and equitable opportunities in their communities,” Mr. Carr said.
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New Program Will Help Dallas Real Estate Developers of Color Create Affordable Housing
2022
Capital Impact Partners’ Equitable Development Initiative has already been rolled out in three other cities—Detroit, metro Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area—training more than 200 developers of color since 2018. Now it’s landed in Dallas with funding support from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Charles Schwab Bank.
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Dallas developers of color find access to capital through inaugural initiative
2022
There are too few real estate developers of color in Dallas — and not enough affordable housing. Capital Impact Partners expanded its Equitable Development Initiative into Dallas in 2022 to tackle both issues by providing emerging developers of color with training, mentorship, and access to capital. This article speaks to two graduates of the first cohort and spotlights how this will help their businesses and their communities.
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Leveraging National Presence and Scale to Drive More Solutions for Local Challenges: Q&A with Momentus Capital President & CEO Ellis Carr
2022
Ellis Carr spoke with IFF, a fellow mission-driven lender, to talk about several major announcements that the Momentus Capital branded family of companies made in 2022, as well as some upcoming initiatives.
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Capital Impact Partners Welcomes 15 Local Developers of Color Into New Accelerator Program
2022
The Housing Equity Accelerator Fellowship is funded by a grant of more than $5 million from the Amazon Housing Equity Fund and is intended to increase the number of real estate developers of color in an industry where they are underrepresented — and help to grow the affordable housing stock in the Washington, D.C., region.
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Wells Fargo Foundation awards $40 million for equity in real estate
2022
The Growing Diverse Housing Developers initiative is working to expand the growth and success of real estate developers of color. The initiative includes a collaboration between Capital Impact Partners, Low Income Investment Fund, and Reinvestment Fund that will provide a cohort of housing developers of color in several regions with access to capital and resources to advance their development pipelines and grow their business.
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