5 Things to Know About Impact-Based Loans
- Posted by Tyana Smith
- On February 20, 2020
If your business is too big for microfinance and SBA loan but too small for traditional banks, our impact-based loans can fill the gap.
Why I invest in community: Kara Ballester, impact investor and philanthropist
- Posted by Tyana Smith
- On August 28, 2019
As lead investors in our Homebuilding Investment Fund, Kara Ballester and her husband Andy were instrumental in jumpstarting our efforts to accelerate affordable housing with San Diego Habitat for Humanity. We wanted to know—what motivated Kara to invest in affordable homeownership, and what has her experience with impact investing been like? We like to kick…
Closing education gaps with creative capital
- Posted by Tyana Smith
- On August 18, 2019
How Advance borrower Bethany Chaffin used creative capital to enrich the lives of more students in North County San Diego When we first met Bethany Chaffin, director of the education enrichment center Friends of Willow Tree, in 2018 she faced a challenging capital gap. Friends of Willow Tree needed a loan ahead of private and…
How Can We Make Investing in Our Community a Great Investment? Flip the Traditional Finance Model on Its Head.
- Posted by Tyana Smith
- On July 22, 2019
When we first launched Mission Driven Finance, we developed the Advance Fund with one primary question in mind: how can we make investing in our community a great investment? The answer we found is to reimagine and reinvent finance to put the community’s needs first. We discovered incredible businesses and nonprofits committed to their communities…