By Ellis Carr, President and CEO At Capital Impact Partners, we condemn the recent and ongoing acts of violence against our Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, and are fervently opposed to any language or thoughts that justify or lend…
Washington, DC (August 26, 2014) Capital Impact Partners today received $4 million in award funding from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). Capital Impact Partners will use this grant to expand its strategic financing…
By Ashlee Cunningham, Detroit Housing & Community Development Specialist Long before Midtown Detroit—or Cass Corridor, as 39-year-old Wayne State University graduate and artist Rachel Barker prefers to call it—was booming with aesthetically pleasing coffee shops, hip art galleries and expensive retail…
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….
Ellis Carr is now the president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance. Kurt Chilcott, formerly president and CEO of CDC Small Business Finance, has transitioned to Board Chair of the combined organization. We invite you to…
Pivoting to Create Opportunity Amidst National Change Ellis Carr | Chief Executive Officer 2016 was a year marked by change – both for Capital Impact as well as our nation. Following the rollout of our 2020 Vision for Communities, we were further…
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…
Capital Impact Investment Notes help fund increased equitable access to health care, education, affordable housing, and healthy foods MAY 2, 2023 (Arlington, VA) – Capital Impact Partners today announced that it has achieved a significant impact investing milestone by issuing…
By Lauren Counts, Senior Director, Strategy, Innovation, and Impact Management Innovation is an important tool for mission-driven organizations as they work within their communities to address issues of social, racial, and economic justice. Traditional thinking will not solve the problems that…
Organization is among select group to receive both financial assistance and healthy food financing awards Arlington, VA (September 19, 2018) Capital Impact Partners announced today that it has received $3.7 million in grants from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development…
