We are elevating hidden treasures – community-based solutions that work and community-based leaders and social entrepreneurs who can execute but have been overlooked and are disconnected from capital needed to scale.
We utilize ImpactAssets to host Community Impact Investments’ pooled multi-donor fund. ImpactAssets combines donations and grants into the Fund, and as a 501c3 public charity provides tax deductibility.
We curate, incubate, and make catalytic investments that:
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Build on ecosystem strengths and potential.
These solutions build on work that is getting traction in their respective communities, but need a lift to move to the next level and toward scale.
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Focus on how to change practices and systems.
They have systemic potential – the potential to shift the way that issues are addressed and bring attention to obscure gaps that are fixable through deeper thought, innovation, and investment.
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Explore small fixes that improve impact and scale.
Some help explore how small fixes can yield outsized positive impacts; these solutions are adapting and enhancing existing models and approaches to expand reach and deepen impact.
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Build on community partnership.
They are anchored by community partnership and have bridged relationships in geographic places that position them for broader impact.