Through a rapidly shifting market, we doubled down on what matters most: deploying capital where it creates opportunity and strengthening the plumbing to sustain that flow for years to come.
To make it easier for impact fund managers to bring forward innovative impact investment strategies, Mission Driven Finance® launched MDF Capital Partners, a national, diversified private credit portfolio aimed at moving capital to historically underinvested communities.
Many of our team will be on the fall conference circuit again. If you see us, be sure to say hi!
Our team has had the privilege of presenting at roughly 20 convenings this year on topics as varied as public-private investment, access to capital for small businesses, investing in Indigenous economic development, innovative legal structures to activate philanthropic capital, financing community climate infrastructure, and the future of the care economy. This is what co-creating an inclusive economy looks like!
Co-founder Chief Community Officer Lauren Grattan and Senior Director of Indigenous Futures Ted Piccolo recently spoke at the 9th Annual Native CDFI Capital Access Convening.
Susana Cabrera, a franchise owner of an Everytable location, is spotlighted in this article from The Association of Financial Development Corporations.
Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, is launching a new impact investing program to provide loans to small businesses, social enterprises, and entrepreneurs that support health equity in under-resourced communities.
Chief Community Officer Lauren Grattan spoke at RevHubOC’s inaugural Women in Impact Investing event.
Chief Community Officer Lauren Grattan spoke at Milken Global about creating access to capital for underestimated entrepreneurs.
Across recent projects, our goal remains the same: Getting capital into the hands of social impact-minded businesses, nonprofits, and initiatives that don’t usually qualify for conventional capital. In other words—flowing capital where it doesn’t, but should.
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA and Mission Driven Finance are leveraging their respective strengths to solve community finance challenges, including difficulties faced by small businesses in accessing conventional sources of capital.
Co-founders spend so much time problem-solving together that they are often described as being in a work marriage. Sometimes, co-founders may also be actual life partners.
For the fifth year in a row, Mission Driven Finance is selected for the ImpactAssets IA 50 list, a list of private debt and equity impact investing fund managers representing a broad range of geographies and impact areas of focus.
We were at the White House to share about our new Indigenous Futures Fund—designed to accelerate the flow of capital to Native entrepreneurs and Tribal enterprises.
The Conrad Prebys Foundation announces a $1 million program-related investment (PRI) in Care Access Real Estate (CARE) as part of their landmark commitment to invest $100 million over the next ten years advancing the well-being of San Diego.
We’re planning to reach ONE BILLION DOLLARS over the next few years, after having crossed $100 million in AIC at the end of 2023.
The loan program bolstered the work of 26 nonprofits serving the region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
This fall, we reached a landmark moment, flowing over $100 million in assets into the community since our founding.
“The Fibers Fund is designed to be catalytic by taking a holistic approach that helps fiber entrepreneurs receive the right-size capital and targeted support that they need to grow their business.”
