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Food-Lish-Us – Cyndy & Dennis Scott and their family-run food…bus
Food-Lish-Us: A food…bus? At any one of the community events around Denver, Colorado, there is bound to be a collection of food trucks. Nothing adds to the festivity quite like a dozen boxy vehicles, each emitting a steady stream of delicious food and mouthwatering aromas into the air. In any given congregation of food trucks,…
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Doubling the Impact: The Benefits of Integrating Impact Investing with Donor-Advised Funds
The Growth of Donor Advised Funds When it comes to charitable donations, the increasing importance of Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) is undeniable. In 2017, DAFs accounted for as much as 7% of total charitable giving and 10.2% of individual giving, rising from just 4.4% of individual giving as recently as 2010 Data comes from page 7…
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CNote’s 2018 Impact Report
See the impact your money had with CNote in 2018 Click to read CNote’s 2018 Impact Report. The report highlights a few borrower success stories from 2018 along with how CNote is pursuing specific United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Highlights include: Over 1,400 Jobs Created/Maintained 60% of all capital deployed with minority-led businesses 43% of…
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CNote in the News: A Retail Impact Investment Revolution in the Making?
CNote co-founder Yuliya Tarasava recently sat down with Anthony Randazzo, CFA of the Impact Money Blog to discuss CNote’s mission, plan for the future, and how we’re working to change finance. We thought the article provided such a great overview of CNote’s vision, we wanted to share it here as well. COO Yuliya Tarasava (left)…
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What is Impact Investing?
A Beginner’s Guide To Impact Investing What is the definition of Impact Investing? At its core, impact investing is about deploying capital with the intent to bring about some socially desirable outcome with the expectation of a financial return. There are two key elements: An Investment with the Intention to Do Good An expectation of…
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Announcing The Wisdom Fund
CNote Launches Wisdom Fund to Close Lending Gap for Women New impact investment vehicle provides funding to underserved women of color and low-income women entrepreneurs across the country OAKLAND, Calif., March 20, 2019 — Women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. Yet less than 5 percent of small business lending—only $1 in…
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CNote & HIP Webinar Recording: Income + Impact, Investing in Volatile Times
On February 27, 2019, CNote co-hosted a webinar with HIP Investor that was moderated by Sonya Dreizler of Solutions with Sonya. The presenters highlighted some of the investment options currently available, tools for measuring impact, and some unique advantages that come with an impact investment strategy. CNote’s CEO, Catherine Berman, presented for CNote and answered…
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Visualizing Your Impact
Creating Success Stories Seeing the impact of your investment is a persistent challenge for impact investors. It can be difficult to take abstract metrics like dollars invested or jobs created and visualize what that means for individuals and the communities they live in. We created this short video to highlight how impactful your investment in…
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CNote’s Q4 2018 Impact Metrics – Infographic
We know one of the main reasons you invest with CNote, is because of the impact your investment has. We’re proud to share our Q4 impact data. As you may have noticed, our quarterly job creation numbers are trending upwards along with our allocations across key demographics, like women, minority communities, and LMI communities. In Q4…
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CNote is Now a Certified B Corp
We believe business can be a force for good. That idea is embedded in our social mission of closing the wealth gap and building a more inclusive economy for everyone. Our team thought it was only natural we formalize that commitment by becoming a Certified B Corporation®. Now CNote’s commitment to profit with purpose becomes…
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