A New Business Venture Aims To Be A Lifeline For A Child Care Industry In Crisis
November 5, 2020 | KPBS
Press
"A complicated market with slim margins and dire need of reform seems an unlikely place to invest, but that’s exactly the plan for San Diego investment company Mission Driven Finance. With a grant from the San Diego Foundation, the company is exploring potential impact investment models to improve the early child care education system in San Diego, in hopes of developing models that could work across the state."
Next City
"While 'finance' to many might conjure a boring system of transactions — or a dangerous game of capitalist exploitation — to financial activists, investment vehicles are fair game for creative and exciting innovations toward liberation. The Freedom100 fund aims to release 100 individuals from immigration prison, support them with their cases… and prove that it’s time for the bail and bond system to go."
Forbes
"We’re on the brink of a significant shift in the global flow of capital. We believe that philanthropy can do more to catalyze private capital for public good."
Impact Alpha
"In addition to investing in small community businesses, Mission Driven Finance also helps people looking for small-business loans better understand the technicalities of borrowing money to open or expand businesses."
NPR
What’s on at SOCAP 2020
October 19, 2020 | ImpactAlpha
San Diego Foundation Sends First $1.5 Million To Nonprofits Hit By COVID-19
October 6, 2020 | KPBS
San Diego County expands small business loan program to include businesses in cities
September 29, 2020 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Blended Capital for Immigration Bonds: Introducing the Freedom100 Fund
August 3, 2020 | Forbes
New Relief and Rebuild Fund Established at Sun Valley Institute in Partnership with Mission Driven Finance
June 11, 2020 | Idaho Mountain Express
County to Vote on $5M Small Business Loans for Unincorporated Areas
April 20, 2020 | NBC San Diego
Commentary: Art Nourishes Us Always
March 22, 2020 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
New Investment Fund Focuses on Asian Pacific Islander Entrepreneurs
February 2, 2020 | Del Mar Times
More Agents of Impact Answer the Call for New Tools to Reshape Finance
January 27, 2020 | Impact Alpha
Impact Investor Mission Driven Finance Looks to Help Childcare Providers
December 20, 2019 | Next City
How to Spot (and Ward Off) an Impact Vampire
October 30, 2019 | B The Change
Philanthropy Can Do More to Catalyze Private Capital for Public Good
October 16, 2019 | Impact Alpha
WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First USD$1.2M in Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Employment Initiatives
September 04, 2019 | GlobeNewswire
Advocates Launch $1 Million Fund to Keep Asylum Seekers Out of Immigration Detention Centers
June 25, 2019 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
New Financing Model Unlocks Millions to Build Affordable Homes
May 16, 2019 | The San Diego Foundation
Breaking the Cycle of Disinvestment in Lower-Income Communities
May 16, 2019 | NPR
Local Organizations Form Investment Partnership to Fund New Nonprofit Facility
January 16, 2019 | Times of San Diego
Convergence and Collaboration
November 14, 2018 | Calvert Impact Capital
San Diego Businesses in Low Income or High-Minority Areas Far Less Likely to Get Bank Loans
November 8, 2018 | KPBS
Firm’s Impact Investing Puts Community in Lending Equation
March 21, 2018 | San Diego Business Journal
Mission Driven Finance Invests in Social Good
February 22, 2018 | Del Mar Times
Mission Driven Finance Announces First $1M in Impact Investments
January 31, 2018 | Business Wire
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