Center for Impact Finance

In this working paper, authors Michael Swack and Sara Razavi discuss merger, acquisition, and other forms of integration to fulfill the CDFI mission more effectively, efficiently, and expeditiously to stem the widening wealth gap.

In this perspectives brief, authors Megan Mahajan and Eric Hangen discuss new analysis by Energy Innovation that has now estimated how far the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund will go toward its economic development goals.

In this perspectives brief, authors Eric Hangen and Jessica Luk-Li stress that while there is justifiable excitement over the new
GGRF financing, success in deploying it to the right places and people will only happen if those involved get laser-focused on two…

In this brief, authors Hannah Vargason, Eric Hangen, and Michael Swack discuss the ways foundations and other catalytic capital investors can fill gaps in and support the effective and equitable implementation of the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

In this guide, authors Curtis Probst, Tina Poole Johnson, and Hannah Vargason share a collection of key resources and references that provide an entry point to clean energy finance for community lending practitioners and to community development finance for green…

The policy levers contained in this working paper outline a series of steps that can be taken to advance decarbonization today, create sustainable systems change, and climate align housing for our future.

In this report designed to serve the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) sector, authors Charles Tansey and Michael Swack describe a step-by-step blueprint for accessing private equity in Stage One and conventional equity in the public market in Stage…

In this report, authors Michael Swack, Sarah Boege, and Kevin Barnett discuss the initiative to develop a statewide strategy to address the social determinants of health in New Hampshire.

In this report, Michael Swack, Jolan Rivera, and Sanjeev Sharma discuss the results of the On The Road Lending program evaluation.

In this working paper, authors Charles Tansey and Michael Swack outline a path to conventional equity for CDFIs.