Place-Based Investing

Opportunity Zones | Roodgally Senatus

Investors look for Opportunity Zones to get an extension and a fresh dose of tax-advantaged capital

Ownership Economy | Roodgally Senatus

Community Vision’s ownership strategy for combating displacement of small businesses and nonprofits in California

Galvanize Climate Solutions' Tom Steyer.

Low-carbon transition | Snehal Shah

Tom Steyer’s Galvanize makes third real estate grey-to-green deal

Credit: ImpactAlpha

Community Finance | Roodgally Senatus

Real Revitalization (Part 3): In Baltimore, Women’s Home Preservation adds clean energy and affordable housing to the community revitalization toolkit

Nebraska will use its pollution reduction grant to help reduce waste from livestock

Deploy! | Amy Cortese

EPA grants $4.3 billion to support community-driven climate solutions

Photo by ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus.

Ownership Economy | Roodgally Senatus

Real Revitalization (Part 2): Worker co-op turns distressed homes in West Baltimore into affordable housing and shared equity

Photo by ImpactAlpha's Roodgally Senatus.

Ownership Economy | Roodgally Senatus

Real Revitalization (Part 1): Parity buys back the block to drive community revival without displacement in West Baltimore

Illustration by RWJF.

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

Robert Wood Johnson doubles its impact investing mandate with $325 million commitment

Photo by Dr. Stephanie Gripne.

Place-Based Investing | Roodgally Senatus

With collaborations and catalytic capital, place-based pioneers look to expand their impact

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

Invest Appalachia closes $35.5 million for place-based impact in Central Appalachia

Photo by City of San Antonio.

Community Finance | Roodgally Senatus

Deal spotlight: San Antonio’s ESTAR West targets $25 million for real estate fund

Neighborhood Economics conference, San Antonio | Photo credit: Neighborhood Economics

Inclusive Economy | Dennis Price

Addressing the social determinants of wealth at Neighborhood Economics

Photo by Prosper West San Antonio.

Inclusive Economy | Roodgally Senatus

Can commercial corridors + broad ownership build community wealth without displacement?

Image credit: Adirondack Foundation

Catalytic Capital | Andrea Riquier

Community foundations embrace mission-related investing to boost local impact

A photo of the Ladd Project. Credit: LocalCode Kansas City.

Ownership Economy | Roodgally Senatus

On east side of Kansas City, LocalCode adds community ownership to the real estate toolkit

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

Philadelphia, PA

Impact Muni Bonds | Stella Yao

$80 million social bond in Philadelphia to tackle poverty and unlock growth

Agents of Impact | Dennis Price

John Moore, ImpactPHL: Stocking the pipeline of impact investments in Philadelphia

Inclusive Economy | Roodgally Senatus

Overheard in Philadelphia: Bridging capital gaps to build wealth in underserved communities

Koz on MLK before it opened (photo: Koz Development)

Inclusive Economy | Amy Cortese

Sorenson’s Catalyst Fund crafts real estate opportunities with public funds and impact strategies

Photo by Taco Block.

Place-Based Investing | Roodgally Senatus

LISC teams with Colorado Health Foundation to back diverse-owned businesses

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.

Return on Inclusion | Sherece West Scantlebury

Investors must make noise so BIPOC entrepreneurs don’t have to make do

Photo credit: Baltimore Public Markets Corp.

Place-Based Investing | Jessica Pothering

Real estate developers in Baltimore test strategies for inclusive growth and community wealth

Place-Based Investing | Dennis Price

M&G Catalyst backs Lafayette Square’s direct lending business with $200 million

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Place-Based Investing | Dan Keeler

Schroders launches U.K. real estate impact fund with £10 million

Image by diana.grytsku on Freepik

Impact Management | Roodgally Senatus

Orchard Street’s Social and Environmental Impact Partnership fund secures £90 million

Jeff Cherry of Conscious Venture Partners

Return on Inclusion | Dennis Price

Baltimore’s Conscious Venture Partners raises $17 million to back purpose-driven startups

A view of Maverick Square in East Boston shows the divide between old and new. / Photo by Bob O’Connor.

Place-Based Investing | Roodgally Senatus

East Boston Community Development establishes a neighborhood trust to preserve affordable housing

Photo by New Mexico Nomad.

Place-Based Investing | Roodgally Senatus

New Mexico taps fixed-income strategy for small business lending

Photo by Peopleimages.

Policy Corner | Roodgally Senatus

U.S. Treasury channels $8 billion to help CDFIs and MDIs boost small-business lending

Return on Inclusion | Daniel Heimpel

Catalyzing capital and sizing solutions to homelessness: A blueprint for Los Angeles

photo: Chris Kendig

Impact Investing | Amy Cortese

Overheard at Total Impact: Diversify decision-making and shift power to communities

Bill Flynn of Amtrak (left) and Ross Baird of Blueprint Local (right) | Photo credit: Blueprint Local

Place-Based Investing | Dennis Price

Ross Baird’s blueprint for equitable real estate in southern ‘Zoom towns’ (Q&A)

Community Finance | Amy Cortese

Solar proves a pathway for private capital to flow into low-income communities

Signals | Jessica Pothering

Can the recovery catalyze a business revival on the Navajo Nation?

Photo credit: CoStar

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

UC San Francisco backs four Bay Area organizations for place-based impact

Illustration by The Nation.

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

SMBX raises $11.5 million to democratize small business lending

Hachita, New Mexico | Photo credit: Tony Prato.

Place-Based Investing | Roodgally Senatus

How place-based investors are pooling endowment capital for local affordable housing and small-business lending

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Photo credit: Brittanica.

Catalytic Capital | Roodgally Senatus

Arctaris launches $20 million Opportunity Zone vehicle for place-based community impact in Pittsburgh

Place-Based Investing | Tequila Smith

Building an ecosystem for workforce development and opportunity for all in Alabama

Impact Voices | Janice Shade

To build inclusive, community-scale funds, modernize the Investment Company Act of 1940

The Rise Apartments, a 200-unit complex, and the Cycle Shop, a historic building, in The Edge, a neighborhood inside the Memphis Medical District.

Catalytic Capital | David Bank

Guarantee from Kresge Foundation catalyzes $30 million for Memphis fund

Place-Based Investing | Fran Seegull

There’s no building back better without investing in underserved communities

photo: Matt Rourke, AP

Community Finance | Amy Cortese

Investing in marginalized communities to drive the COVID recovery

Photo credit: Woodforest National Bank.

Locavesting | Roodgally Senatus

Workforce housing in Indianapolis demonstrates Opportunity Zone impact