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Jen: How was Infinity Point CDFI and the Local Ownership Catalyst Fund (LOCF) Created?  Marc: The fund was started by Marc Tognotti, Founder & President of Infinity Point CDFI, in association with a team of independent professionals who, collectively, have...

Jen: Why was EFOD created? Mariela: The Equitable Food Oriented Development Collaborative emerged from conversations held by long time food systems leaders around our shared vision and holistic approach to community-centered food-oriented development. EFOD leadership...

Jen: Why was the Reinventure Fund I created? Julianne Zimmerman: Edward Dugger III was motivated to found Reinventure Capital to reintroduce the high-return + high-impact strategy he previously executed with UNC Partners which generated 32% IRR by investing...

Kat Kavanagh, Executive Director of Water Rangers. Kat is demonstrating the water test kit that communities use to test and upload water data to their shared platform. Thrive Impact Fund provided an early revenue loan for working capital.

Lora Smith filled the room with joy and focus at the inaugural cohort of the Just Economy Institute (formerly known as the Integrated Capital Institute) in 2017. Unlike many of us in the cohort who were discovering our path, Lora knew where and what she wanted to...

I remember Rajasvini Bhansali, the former executive director of Thousand Currents, talking about a new kind of investment fund in which investors and partners had an equal role in governing the decision-making through an assembly process. At the Swift Foundation, we...

Jen: How was the RSF’s Women’s Capital Collaborative Fund created? Erika: Women entrepreneurs are routinely left behind when it comes to funding. On average, women start businesses with half as much capital as men, despite women-led enterprises exhibiting faster rates...

I learned about FLEDGE and Africa Eats from Tim Crosby of the Thread Fund who was excited about the potential of African-based food and agriculture businesses to address job creation. When I was at the Swift Foundation, I was excited to learn of a venture capital fund...

When I learned about the approach that Shared Interest took in leveraging deposits in United States banks to back loans on the continent of Africa, I felt sure that Swift Foundation would be interested in their workforce development and social justice fund. The...

When Ellen applied to be part of the Transformative 25, I was intrigued by her fund’s focus on artisan enterprises. Then I learned her initiative was part of the Friends of Tilonia, a non-profit organization working with the Barefoot College. Founded by Bunker Roy,...