Impact Investing
Financing Broadband in Hard-to-Reach Communities
To close the digital divide, we need a capital market that powers community broadband.
Tag: Community Development Financial Institutions
Economic Development
A New Blueprint for Financing Community Development
The traditional model of community development finance is limited by market conservatism and a focus on scale, rather than local control. We need a new paradigm that prioritizes impact over scale, emphasizes flexible and creative financing strategies, and empowers community voice. | Open access to this article is made possible by The Center for Community Investment, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Economic Development
CDFIs Transform Rural Economies. We Just Need to Get Them There.
A budding success story in East Texas offers lessons for other underserved rural regions, philanthropies interested in rural revitalization, and CDFIs pursuing pathways to better engage and serve rural communities.
Philanthropy & Funding
Putting Homeownership Preservation on Philanthropy’s Agenda
Three ways funders can have impact on a problem that is critical to closing the racial wealth gap.
Scaling
Scaling Community Finance to Fill a Growing Market Gap
New public awareness of how the traditional financial system fails small businesses creates an opportunity to build models that connect entrepreneurs with the capital they need to recover, grow, and thrive—and that drive a more equitable and inclusive economy.
