Community Finance
Community Finance | November 19, 2020
LISC looks to “10X” investment in closing racial wealth gaps
ImpactAlpha Nov. 19 – The Local Initiatives Support Corp. wants to scale up the response to addressing persistent disparities in wealth, health and …
Community Finance | November 17, 2020
Blueprint Local and LISC are using Opportunity Zones to bridge divisions, beginning in the Southeast
As we move beyond a difficult election cycle, it is time to focus on an ambitious community investment agenda that has a meaningful …
Dealflow | November 17, 2020
Micron invests $50 million to reduce U.S. racial wealth gap
ImpactAlpha, November 17 — The Black-white wealth gap today is as wide as it was in the 1960s, published reports show. In fact, …
Dealflow | November 17, 2020
LISC taps capital markets with $150 million in “impact notes”
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 16 – The notes from Local Initiatives Support Corp. are the latest example of the public market’s appetite for debt from …
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris | Photo credit: Christos S
Climate Finance | November 11, 2020
Agents of Impact on transition tailwinds for climate action, racial justice and local economic revival
ImpactAlpha invited Agents of Impact to share their “hot takes” and post-election insights into the new operating environment.
Features | November 4, 2020
As politicians dither, a consumer lender bridges the chasms in the social safety net
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 4 – The expiration of federal COVID relief funding in the U.S. showed up almost immediately in the loan portfolio of …