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Building a women-led, impact-first economy in Latin America (videos)
Peru is a small country. Businesses rarely target low-income customers. And investing with a “gender lens” has somehow fallen out of fashion in …
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JPMorgan puts $39 million towards small business entrepreneurs and job creation
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Wingreens acquires Safe Harvest to nurture sustainable food and women’s livelihoods in India
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Turtle Island Community Capital refinances high-interest loan for Indigenous New York fashion hub
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Upstart Co-Lab backs Bindery Books to bring overlooked authors to bigger audiences
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Worker solutions, community insurance and other strategies for shared prosperity
Capital + services for businesses that employ working-class people in working-class places equals impact, says Damien Dwin of Washington, DC-based private lender Lafayette …
Employee ownership rides a wave of economic populism – and pragmatism
Ownership is in the air. Momentum for strategies that enable workers to share in the value they help create continues to build, despite …
Equity, ownership and the reconstruction of Black wealth
Speaking through his text-to-voice “eye pad,” Napoleon Wallace joined the discussion after the screening of ImpactAlpha’s mini-doc, “Napoleon Wallace and the Reconstruction of …
Share the Wealth: Agents of Impact lean into economic justice
The takeaway from two weeks of listening to Agents of Impact digest the results of the US election: It’s time to lean hard …
Putting an ownership lens on the preservation of affordable housing
The gap in affordable housing is wide and getting wider. Rent restrictions on some 200,000 units of so-called affordable housing are set to …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
It takes an ecosystem to raise an impact economy
We often talk about impact investing as a strategy. What increasingly excites me is the larger question: What does it actually take to …
An unexpected partnership is boosting savings for low-income families
Building savings is critical to establishing financial security. The ability to save underpins financial health for low-income and low-wealth households. It also serves as an …
With ‘Sinners,’ Ryan Coogler demonstrates the power of creative ownership
One of the central themes in the Oscar-nominated film, “Sinners,” is the demand for a cultural experience that is both for us and …
Small business are surging – and hungry for tech. Will investors respond?
Six years ago, most Americans couldn’t imagine working on their own. But when the pandemic upended the world of work, newly laid-off workers …
How “entrepreneurship through acquisition” can deliver benefits to workers, too
Much ink has already been spilled about the $10 trillion transfer of business assets that is underway across the United States. Millions of …
Agents of Impact
Bold leaders. Taking action. Driving impact.