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What’s Behind the Growth of Impact Investing
The Rockefeller Foundation coined the term “impact investing” at a 2007 meeting of investors, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists in Bellagio, Italy. Fast forward two decades and we’ve seen demand for sustainable impact investments grow exponentially. Impact investing refers to investments that generate a measurable social or environmental impact along with a financial return. Over the years,…
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Does Impact Investing Equate to Lower Returns?
While it may seem like a new trend, impact investing has roots that trace back centuries and it’s here to stay. But like any alternative investment strategy, public endorsement of the approach has varied. Throughout the years, hesitation stemmed from concerns about financial returns, the ability to measure social impact and stability of the markets.…
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Case Study: Doubling Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Impact with Cash Alternatives
This case study highlights how Triskeles Foundation was able to increase the impact of its cash and short-term positions with the help of CNote. This case study highlights the impact investment opportunity around cash and short-term investments and how CNote serves as a strategic partner to mobilize those funds for community impact. Read Case Study…
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How A Canoe-Building Small Business, Kamanu Composites, Switched To Making Face Shields To Weather The COVID-19 Storm
If there’s one thing Kamanu Composites has done well over the past 13 years, it’s been finding a way to stay afloat as a small business. The O‘ahu-based company, which specializes in outrigger canoe manufacturing, is one of the last of its kind on the islands. Most of Kamanu’s competitors have packed up and taken…
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CNote Quarterly Impact Report Q1 2020
Download and view CNote’s Q1 2020 Impact Report In this report you’ll see: An update from the CNote CEO Details on our quarterly impact Updates on new partners and products A recent CNote impact story
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Wealth Inequality: The Secret Cost of Unequal Access to Credit
America, “the land of equal opportunity”, isn’t delivering on its promise for the 90 percent that find themselves on the wrong side of the ever-widening wealth gap. In fact, the United States has a level of wealth inequality between the rich and poor that is larger than any other major developed country. According to the…
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Impact Story: Mountainside Community Cooperative
How Capital and Coaching Allowed Mountainside Residents To Purchase Their Park and Control Their Own Destiny Margaret Jones grew up and went to school in Camden, Maine; however, that didn’t make things any easier for her when she moved back to the idyllic town of her youth after 30 years of being away. Although Camden…
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Webinar: Investing in Indigenous Communities through CDFIs
CDFIs have a strong history of providing economic resources to financially underserved communities across America, helping to create jobs, fund small businesses, and support affordable housing development. Often, many of the success stories you hear about CDFIs relate to urban or rural development projects and small business lending. This webinar will focus on CDFIs that have…
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Change Makers Interview: Mary Houghton, Community Finance Pioneer
When Mary Houghton partnered with Milton Davis, James Fletcher, and Ron Grzywinski to purchase what was then South Shore Bank in Chicago in 1973, she had no idea that she was shifting the course of community finance in the U.S. The quartet of “mutually respecting” entrepreneurs created ShoreBank, which was committed to fighting redlining and…
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CNote Named to ImpactAssets 50 List
We’re proud to announce that CNote was listed as an Emerging Impact Manager on the 2020 Impact Assets 50 list of fund managers. About The List The ImpactAssets 50 2020 (IA 50), a publicly available, online database for impact investors, family offices, financial advisors and institutional investors that features a diversified listing of private capital fund…
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