We are elevating hidden treasures – community-based solutions that work and community-based leaders and social entrepreneurs who can execute but have been overlooked and are disconnected from capital needed to scale.

We partner with ImpactAssets to host Community Impact Investments’ pooled multi-donor fund. ImpactAssets combines donations and grants into the Fund, and as a 501c3 public charity provides tax deductibility..

We curate, incubate and maturate solutions, making catalytic investments and funding that:

  • Build on ecosystem strengths and potential.

    These solutions build on work that is getting traction in their respective communities, but need a lift to move to the next level and toward scale.

  • Focus on how to change practices and systems.

    They have systemic potential – the potential to shift the way that issues are addressed and bring attention to obscure gaps that are fixable through deeper thought, innovation, and investment.

  • Explore small fixes that improve impact and scale.

    Some help explore how small fixes can yield outsized positive impacts; these solutions are adapting and enhancing existing models and approaches to expand reach and deepen impact.

  • Build on community partnership.

    They are anchored by community partnership and have bridged relationships in geographic places that position them for broader impact.