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Community investing is one of the four key strategies of socially responsible investors. Community development financial institutions' primary business is supporting local economic empowerment, reducing poverty, financing affordable housing, and job creation. Such a bank, credit union, or other financial institution may work within a small locality, regionally, or globally.
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See also:
- BlueOrchard Finance s.a. - Swiss company specializing in the management of investment funds dedicated to the micro-finance industry. Serves investors, funds, and micro-finance institutions supporting sustainable development of micro-entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
- Calvert Foundation - Non-profit organization offering community investment notes that fight poverty, finance affordable homes, fund small and micro businesses and engage in community development.
- Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions - National CDFI membership organization offering promotion, training, research, and networking. United States.
- Community Development Banking List - A discussion list for practitioners in credit unions, banks, loan funds, and non-profits in the community development field.
- Community Development Finance Association - Membership organization providing capacity building, networking, development, and research. United Kingdom.
- Community Development Venture Capital Alliance - Intermediary serving community development venture capital funds through training, financing, consulting, research, and advocacy. US and Global working groups.
- CommunityInvest.org - Introduction and in-depth information published by Co-op America and the Social Investment Forum Foundation.
- Developing World Markets MicroFinance, LLC - Arranges financing for microfinance institutions in the developing world enabling low income entrepreneurs with no legitimate alternative access to capital to start and run their own micro enterprises. USA
- The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation - Acquires, finances and develops affordable housing and other community development initiatves in underserved neighborhoods across the US.
- Invested in the Common Good - Review of Susan Meeker-Lowry's book on socially responsible thinking, community, and activism.
- Latino Community Credit Union - Community-based, member-owned nonprofit financial institution providing protection of financial assets, loans, financial independence and education. Fully bilingual. United States.
- Metropolitan Housing Partnership - Community investment specialises in community funding projects, affordable houses for renting in London, alternative to council housing and shared ownership schemes. UK.
- MicroCapital - A group of associated professionals discussing micro finance investments. Blog.
- Microfinance Corporation - Provides financial services for customers while providing economic return to investors. Helps small businesses in developing countries to succeed by providing them access to finances and education.
- MicroVest - Microfinance investment firm providing capital and management oversight to emerging market microfinance institutions in order to build capital markets that work for the world's entrepreneurial poor. USA
- National Community Investment Fund - Community development financial intermediary reinvesting institutional monies in independent and minority-owned financial institutions with a community development focus. United States.
- National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions - Coalition dedicated to strengthening the credit unions that serve low-income communities -- known as "community development credit unions." Provides financial, technical, and human resources to CDCUs. USA
- Oikocredit - A large financier of the microfinance sector worldwide. Funds projects in the South benefiting disadvantaged and marginalised people. Cooperative society business structure. Loans channeled through a network of offices spread over Latin America, Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe. Finances cooperatives or small and medium-sized enterprises involved in agriculture, trade, services and manufacturing.
- Opportunity Finance Network - A US-based membership organization of CDFIs. Provides capital, technical assistance, and development services to support the revitalization of economically-disadvantaged urban, rural, and reservation-based communities.
- Self Help Credit Union - Community development deposit accounts for those wishing to help small businesses, nonprofits, women, minorities, rural residents, and low-wealth families. United States.
- The Shefa Fund - Mobilizes resources for low-income community development and shareholder activism. Primarily Jewish-American oriented. Education, newsletter, articles, and books. United States.
- ShoreBank - Offers "development deposits" to investors nationwide who wish to improve the economic health of urban and rural communities. United States.
- Unity Trust Bank - Provides UK banking and financial servicesto the trade union, charity, voluntary and credit union sectors.
- University Bank - Community development financial institution and FDIC bank investing in economically challenged neighborhoods in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. US
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