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Partnership results in first deal for Indigenous Futures Fund and Cheyenne and Arapaho CDC

Partnership results in first deal for Indigenous Futures Fund and Cheyenne and Arapaho CDC

Jan 31, 2025

The Indigenous Futures Fund—part of the Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship (IIE)—and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Community Development Corporation (CACDC)—a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) serving Native entrepreneurs—partnered on a first deal for both. Both entities, launched in 2024, disbursed capital to Commercial Furniture Refinishers, a small business owned by Cheyenne and Arapaho citizen Marshall Franklin.

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Closing education gaps with creative capital

Closing education gaps with creative capital

Aug 18, 2019

Our flexible, personalized financing approach allowed us to provide Friends of Willow Tree a $100,000 bridge loan that they used for expenses at the start of the school year, keeping the program affordable and accessible for their majority low-income students.

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Developing community with creative capital

Developing community with creative capital

Jul 18, 2019

When we first met Kris Schlesser, founder of LuckyBolt, he was six years into a quest to make the perfect breakfast burrito easily accessible to professionals on the go, and had been financing the business with high-interest credit cards and microloans.

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Milken Institute Opportunity Zone takeaways

Milken Institute Opportunity Zone takeaways

Mar 5, 2019

Here are David’s generalized takeaways from the Milken Institute convenings in Oakland, centering around affordable housing, Opportunity Zones, and how local and statewide policies in California can be structured to influence positive outcomes.

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Legacy Arts: Intentional impact investing

Legacy Arts: Intentional impact investing

Oct 17, 2018

We were delighted to share with Legacy Arts Magazine how impact investing can support wealth managers, financial planners, and advisors to offer their clients new strategies to craft a legacy with meaning.

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Our thoughts on San Diego’s Business Incentive Program

Our thoughts on San Diego’s Business Incentive Program

Apr 27, 2018

Yesterday, colleagues from Business For Good San Diego and I gave public testimony at the Economic Development & Intergovernmental Relations Committee (ED&IR) of the San Diego City Council as they reviewed proposed updates to the City's Business Incentive...

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What’s happening with Opportunity Zones?

What’s happening with Opportunity Zones?

Apr 15, 2018

An interesting piece of legislation included in 2017's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the Opportunity Zones program. We've been digging in with colleagues across the country on how this can drive investment into neighborhoods that need it. So what's the scoop? The...

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