San Diego Business Journal: Firm’s Impact Investing Puts Community in Lending Equation

  • Posted by Lauren Grattan
  • On March 21, 2018
  • In News
$10M FUND TARGETED FOR ‘COMMUNITY-MINDED’ BORROWERS By Sarah de Crescenzo Wednesday, March 21, 2018 San Diego — A group of San Diego investors is betting on locally based nonprofit organizations and social enterprises to the tune of $10 million. That’s the total amount the firm, Mission Driven Finance, plans to invest by year’s end. Since launching Mission […]
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Mission Driven Finance Announces First $1M in Impact Investments

  • Posted by Lauren Grattan
  • On January 31, 2018
  • In News
San Diego startup led by proven industry leaders is making strides to $10M goal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Lauren Grattan | 858-880-0252 | lauren@missiondrivenfinance.com SAN DIEGO, CA—January 31, 2018—Mission Driven Finance today announced that Lucky Bolt, a local food kitchen and healthy meal delivery company, All Across Africa, a fair trade home goods wholesaler, […]
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Borrower Spotlight: LuckyBolt

  • Posted by Lauren Grattan
  • On January 31, 2018
  • In Borrowers
  The LuckyBolt Story Kris Schlesser started LuckyBolt in 2011 after his own frustration trying to get good food on a short lunch break. LuckyBolt started with bulk delivery agreements with local restaurants and expanded into offering healthy meals from the LuckyBolt Kitchen. Their model of delivering a large number of lunches to high-density office areas […]
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Borrower Spotlight: All Across Africa

  • Posted by Lauren Grattan
  • On January 31, 2018
  • In Borrowers
All Across Africa’s mission is to create jobs and markets to alleviate poverty in Africa. All Across Africa (AAA) is a social enterprise accelerating artisan integration into the global economy by facilitating access to foreign markets. AAA’s unique supply chain model includes training and employing over 3,000 artisans in five countries in Africa, primarily women.  A […]
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Borrower Spotlight: Thrive Public Schools

  • Posted by Lauren Grattan
  • On January 31, 2018
  • In Borrowers
Thrive Public Schools is a group of free, nationally recognized K-12 public schools in San Diego. Thrive prepares kids for careers and college in a safe, diverse, and joyful environment. They achieve award-winning academic growth by focusing on a highly personalized learning environment with quality faculty and staff who deeply care about each student. Thrive’s $500,000 […]
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4 Reasons to Use Impact-Based Financing to Fuel Your Social Venture

  • Posted by Carrie Stokes Holst
  • On September 4, 2017
  • In Resources
The first question borrowers ask us, regardless of their tax structure, is: why? Why go after impact-based financing instead of grants, donations, or traditional capital?   Here are four ways impact-based financing can fuel your venture’s social mission: Changing Landscape: Social change is undercapitalized in the United States. Charitable giving has stayed stagnant at 7% […]
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Mission Driven Finance Guide to Looking Smart at Parties (Part I)

  • Posted by Carrie Stokes Holst
  • On June 29, 2017
  • In Resources
Impact Investing Lingo to Know We all know that moment, the dreaded moment you walk into an event and the discussion sounds completely foreign. Much like any other field, as impact investing has grown, so has the language we use to communicate. There’s plenty of jargon for both impact and investing. At Mission Driven Finance, we […]
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