Illustration by RWJF. Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Robert Wood Johnson doubles its impact investing mandate with $325 million commitment
Photo by Catalyze. Clean Energy | Roodgally Senatus Catalyze secures $100 million from NY Green Bank for distributed solar energy in disadvantaged communities
Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Invest Appalachia closes $35.5 million for place-based impact in Central Appalachia
Deploy! | Rachel Reilly 10,000 Communities: With partners, Milken Institute is building a market to drive investment in community infrastructure
San Juan, Puerto Rico Catalytic Capital | Ramphis Castro The impact investing opportunity in Puerto Rico’s economic comeback
Muni Impact | Matt Posner Billions to trillions: How municipal bonds can multiply the reach of the US ‘green bank’
Deploy! | Amy Cortese EPA set to announce Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awards for $20 billion ‘green bank’
Muni Impact | Amy Cortese How green banks are blending finance for community infrastructure and greenhouse gas reduction (video)
Impact Voices | Anna Smukowski Three ways impact investors can help CDFIs provide stability in a high-cost environment
Deploy! | Rachel Reilly Bringing standards and certainty to financing for community infrastructure and the green transition
Photo by City of San Antonio. Community Finance | Roodgally Senatus Deal spotlight: San Antonio’s ESTAR West targets $25 million for real estate fund
Photo by Prosper West San Antonio. Inclusive Economy | Roodgally Senatus Can commercial corridors + broad ownership build community wealth without displacement?
Community Finance | Neil Gregory How US community lenders are tapping impact capital to leverage federal investments
Michael Pugh. Community Finance | Roodgally Senatus LISC’s Michael Pugh on navigating legal challenges to community development finance (Q&A)
Community Finance | Roodgally Senatus Mission Driven Bank Fund secures $110 million for local lenders in low-income communities
Impact Investing | Andrea Riquier Impact products for retail investors prove resilient in a high rate environment
Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Candide’s Afterglow Climate Justice Fund secures $36 million to lend in frontline communities
Photo by Social Finance. Locavesting | Roodgally Senatus Colorado foundations back Social Finance’s fund to upskill local workers
City of Refuge, Baltimore Impact Voices | Michelle Moore How the IRA’s ‘direct pay’ provision is driving community ownership and resilience
Climate Finance | Amy Cortese In the Climate Week mix: Policy tailwinds, green banks, talent pipeline
Photo credit: UH Manoa Dealflow | Anna Rautenberg $171 million bond for affordable student housing in Hawaii
The Ku'ula stone, a fisherman's shrine off the coastal walkway in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii Inclusive Economy | Dennis Price In Maui, investing in future resilience and community stewardship after the fires
Impact Muni Bonds | Rose Fadjia Joseph Long Island’s $400 million green bond to finance climate-resilient upgrades to the grid
Photo by Ascent Housing. Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Truist adds $15 million for naturally occurring affordable housing in Charlotte
Community Finance | Amy Cortese New York backs small-business lending with a follow-on fund for CDFIs
Photo by LocalCode. Ownership Economy | David Bank Paths to inclusive wealth run through residential and commercial real estate
New York City Impact Muni Bonds | Anna Rautenberg $307 million sustainability bond to rehabilitate and retrofit affordable housing in New York
The Lunkenheimer Valve Co in Cincinnati | Photo credit: The Port / FB Muni Impact | Rachel Reilly Cincinnati ‘jobs bond’ aims to fuel manufacturing boom in the Midwest
Photo by Chicago TREND. Return on Inclusion | Roodgally Senatus Chicago TREND Real Estate Fund raises $10 million to create real estate ownership for Black residents
Solar panels and wind turbines in California. Impact Muni Bonds | Rose Fadjia Joseph $1 billion in green bonds to reduce the cost of clean energy in Southern California
Photo by Common Future. Return on Inclusion | Roodgally Senatus Reflections on Common Future’s first racial equity accelerator cohort
Community Finance | Roodgally Senatus T. Rowe Price to deposit $50 million with CNote’s cash management
The Auburn, one of Capital Impact Partners’ first deals in Detroit. Inclusive Economy | David Bank Collateralizing small business loans to bring institutional capital to local impact
Aqueducts at the south end of San Joaquin Valley, taking pumped water uphill, over the Grapevine, en route to Los Angeles Impact Muni Bonds | Anna Rautenberg Los Angeles’s $484 million bond to improve water sustainability
Climate Finance | Jessica Pothering Packard and Ford foundations back Nusantara Fund to bolster climate resilience for Indonesia’s Indigenous communities
Squire Servance, founder of Syridex Bio. Investing in Health | Roodgally Senatus Syridex Bio scores $5 million from New Jersey to back local health businesses
Catalytic Capital | Roodgally Senatus Appalachia emerges as a climate refuge – and its community infrastructure feels the strain
Impact Muni Bonds | Srdana Pokrajac Santa Clara’s $47 million ed-tech bond to fund STEM tools in diverse school district