The California Primary Care Association (CPCA) Annual Conference will take place October 27 and 28 at the Long Beach Convention Center. CPCA represents more than 1,150 not-for-profit Community Health Centers and Regional Clinic Associations who provide comprehensive, quality health…
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. Read More
Op-Ed: Capital Magnet Fund Creates ‘Bang for the Buck’ in Affordable HousingTerry Simonette, Nancy O. Andrews, Don Hinkle-Brown, and Joe Neri January 2015 The Capital Magnet Fund is a valuable program created by the U.S. Treasury that leverages private capital…
An Absorbing Problem:To help low-income residents, urban communities need to build up their capacity for using investment capital effectively. December 2014 Ben Hecht, CEO of Living Cities, provides insightful analysis on the critical need for private capital to bolster philanthropic…
An Innovative, Low-Cost Approach to Helping Seniors Stay in their Homes July 2014 Crain’s Chicago Business profiles the Village to Village initiative, calling it “an instant community” and a “loneliness buster.” This innovative program creates empowered “Villages” across the U.S….
Op-Ed: Congress: Continue to Invest in America’s Struggling Cities and Towns September 2017 With the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund – a program of the U.S. Department of the Treasury – threatened by budget cuts, the leaders of the nation’s…
Op-Ed: Transformative Power of Co-ops 2020 The cooperative model challenges the status quo and offers workers, especially workers of color, an alternative to longstand economic extractive systems, notes Alison Powers, Capital Impact’s Cooperative & Community Initiatives Manager. In this op-ed,…
By Carolyn Bauer, Chief Risk Officer Driven by another year of strong lending, Capital Impact ended 2015 with a solid financial position. The organization’s overall portfolio increased by $22 million or 11 percent. This growth was matched with continued strong…
Could This Idea Help Fix America’s Shortage of Home Care Workers? June 2017 While nearly eight million Californians live in poverty, a proven tool to spur investment in their communities continues to be at risk of being cut by the…
When Access Equals Opportunity, Entrepreneurs and Communities Thrive Naimah and Charlayne were living their dream of creating their own businesses. However, those dreams hit a significant roadblock when they could not get loans from traditional financial institutions in order to…
