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Insights
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Next City: As Federal Cuts Threaten CDFIs, Community Foundations Can Fill the Gap
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Webinar: Impact Investing for Thriving Families
Thriving families are powerful drivers of economic mobility and community resilience. Yet many continue to face systemic barriers in securing the resources that allow them to prosper—access to capital, caregiving infrastructure, and wealth-building opportunities.
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Webinar: How Can We Invest in Affordable Housing?
The drivers of the U.S. housing crisis are many: a massive supply gap, high mortgage rates, home prices far outpacing income growth, rising construction costs, and more. While tackling this crisis is a top priority…
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3 Takeaways From Our Webinar on Carve-outs for Place-Based Impact Investing
On February 24, 2025, Social Finance hosted Rebecca Price of the Boston Foundation, Mary Rutherford of the Montana Community Foundation, and Shanaysha Sauls of the Baltimore Community Foundation to discuss their journeys implementing place-based impact…
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Webinar: Carveouts for Place-Based Impact Investing
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Mission Investors Exchange: Debunking the Myths of Impact Investing from DAFs
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Social Finance Impact First Fund: Impact Report 2024
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