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For more than three decades, a small-but-growing sector of mission-driven organizations known as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) have been at the forefront of creating equity and opportunity in underinvested communities. Unfortunately, as inequality gaps continue to widen across the United States, CDFIs are struggling to scale their work. Limited funding requires that that they, and other nonprofit organizations, make tough choices about where to focus their efforts.
The burgeoning world of impact investing, however, offers new hope for nonprofit organizations seeking access to capital. As my team at Capital Impact Partners found out, harnessing this market came with a steep learning curve. By sharing our lessons, we hope other nonprofits can follow our path in developing an important new revenue stream and, in turn, create more social impact.