Mission Driven Finance is entering a new era—we are at an exciting inflection point on the path to mobilizing $1 billion of assets into community and cannot wait to fill you in with more details in the new year.
Launching an investment fund is expensive and time-consuming; especially for first-time fund managers who don’t come from communities where wealth has historically been concentrated. Inspired by our experiences bringing new funds to market and supporting aspiring managers, we devised a solution called MDF Capital Partners, designed to alleviate common fundraising challenges that impact funds and projects face, particularly gaps in proof, size, and timing.
These statewide community champions ensure the flow of Advance California capital to underinvested entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders.
To make it easier for underrepresented fund managers to bring forward innovative impact investment strategies, Mission Driven Finance® launched MDF Capital Partners, a national, diversified private credit portfolio aimed at moving capital to historically underinvested communities.
Our team has had the privilege of presenting at roughly 20 convenings this year on topics as varied as public-private investment, access to capital for small businesses, investing in Indigenous economic development, innovative legal structures to activate philanthropic capital, financing community climate infrastructure, and the future of the care economy. This is what co-creating an inclusive economy looks like!
Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, is launching a new impact investing program to provide loans to small businesses, social enterprises, and entrepreneurs that support health equity in under-resourced communities.
Chief Community Officer Lauren Grattan spoke at RevHubOC’s inaugural Women in Impact Investing event.
Chief Community Officer Lauren Grattan spoke at Milken Global about creating access to capital for underestimated entrepreneurs.
For the fifth year in a row, Mission Driven Finance is selected for the ImpactAssets IA 50 list, a list of private debt and equity impact investing fund managers representing a broad range of geographies and impact areas of focus.
We were at the White House to share about our new Indigenous Futures Fund—designed to accelerate the flow of capital to Native entrepreneurs and Tribal enterprises.
Summer has wound down, and we continue to activate a bevy of intentional impact capital vehicles, including closing 5 homes for child care.
Mission Driven Finance and Impact Charitable partner to accelerate the flow of impact-first capital by combining their unique expertise.
We wrote this North Star into the company theory of change: “Financial systems that perpetuate poverty are flipped to systems that eradicate it.” Systems change sounds really cool, but admittedly can be hard to picture. It is thrilling to see it coming into clearer focus, hopefully for you too.
With this investment to accelerate impact for communities across the country, World Education Services will help close capital gaps to close opportunity gaps.
For the fourth year in a row, Mission Driven Finance is selected for the ImpactAssets IA 50 list, the impact investing industry’s first publicly available, searchable resource of fund managers zeroes in on some of the industry’s most impactful managers.
These regional community champions ensure the flow of Advance Strategy capital to underserved and overlooked communities.
The San Diego Workforce Partnership highlights Mission Driven Finance in their partner profile series. See how workforce development matters in our work.
Meet the people doing the most exciting, elegant work today in easing the financial way for caregivers and expanding economic opportunity for the historically marginalized.
