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.
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
Enabling Microfinance in China - An internet and mobile based social lending, educational tools, social enterprise guidance and innovation resources for poverty alleviation and green economy building in China and all around the world.
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.
Jewish Funds for Justice - Mobilizes resources for low-income community development, community development, and shareholder advocacy work. Primarily Jewish-American. Education, newsletter, articles, and books. United States.
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. Weblog.
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
Minority Finance - Information and services that individuals, Federal agencies, State and local governments and the private sector can use to provide capital to minority and underserved communities. MN United States
Moksha-Yug Access - Growth catalyst for rural India provides micro finance and micro credit for rural development.
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.
ShoreBank - Offers "development deposits" to investors nationwide who wish to improve the economic health of urban and rural communities. United States.
Sir Allen Stanford Community Investment - Blog on Community Investment efforts of Sir Allen Stanford and Stanford Financial Group Companies throughout the world. Includes investment in Arts, giving in developing nations, and in the health care field.
Social Finance - Set up to lay the foundations for a social investment bank to help enable the third sector to respond to society's needs by facilitating greater access to investment. UK
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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