Promising community-based solutions exist.
We can solve historically intractable problems by providing trusted local leaders and entrepreneurs with the investment and supports needed to scale
We are practitioners…
community leaders, and social entrepreneurs who have faced, and continue to face, many of the same hurdles that challenge the leaders we’re supporting and whose work we’re elevating
Our Approach
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People-Centric Design
Design non-financial resources and catalytic funding around the assets and needs of scalable community-based solutions and the leaders who drive them.
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Place-focused Lens
Embrace community context. Focus on ecosystems to create environments for effective solutions to grow and maximize community impact.
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Policy Vantage Point
Our investments are in solutions that aren’t just good ideas, they are good ideas with systemic and policy impact locally and potentially, nationally.
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Real-time Data to Inform
Use real-time, actionable research and lived experiences in communities to inform investment choices and position solutions for success.
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Leverage capital + capacity
CII actively works to leverage its investment in solutions by connecting leaders to other potential funders and investors in our network.
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Restore and Upcycle
We share in the financial returns of our investments, restoring and recycling dollars without extracting, redefining “exits.”
