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Advancing economic opportunity, Early childhood, Gender equity, Immigrant and New American rights, Investors, News, Racial equity, Resources, Social determinants of health, Sustainable systems

Our fund is a “myth-buster and courageous innovation”

  • Posted by Wilda Wong
  • On February 17, 2021
We are proud to be a part of Integrated Capital Investing's The Transformative 25 List, funds that are transforming finance for people and the planet.
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First $1.5M Deployed to San Diego County Nonprofits Hit by COVID-19

  • Posted by Wilda Wong
  • On October 5, 2020
San Diego-based impact investment fund manager Mission Driven Finance has deployed $1.5M in loans to San Diego County nonprofits that have been impacted by COVID-19, thanks to $5M in seed funding from The San Diego Foundation as part of the San Diego County COVID-19 Small Business & Nonprofit Loan Program.
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Real Estate for Early Care & Education: A Promising Venture

  • Posted by Wilda Wong
  • On September 29, 2020
We're honored to share that David—along with early care and education expert Laura Kohn and community finance fellow Essence Rodriguez—has joined the 2020 cohort of the Promising Ventures Fellowship to explore using real estate and finance to improve access to quality early child care.
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Finding the way back through evidence-based holistic treatment

  • Posted by Wilda Wong
  • On April 21, 2020
The Way Back uses trauma-informed care in its client activities—clinical groups, education groups, mindfulness meditation, relapse prevention groups, codependency groups, anger management, emotional regulation, and individual psychotherapy. “We are training men to be better fathers, better husbands, better employees, to stay out of prison, to work, to communicate,” says The Way Back Executive Director Chris Thomas, a licensed therapist who has been sober for 25 years. “Men are an important part of family structure, and addiction is a family disease.”
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