Center for Impact Finance
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| Clean Energy Project Development for Low-Income Communities Scaling clean energy in low-income communities through solar and deep efficiency retrofits presents financing challenges, but that is only part of the problem. Drawing on research conducted by the Carsey School’s Center for Impact Finance, this white paper outlines a… |
Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Low Income |
| Scaling Equitable Solar Finance The U.S. solar photovoltaics industry has taken off over the past decade, but without deliberate action low- and moderate-income communities could be left behind in the transition to clean energy. Drawing on substantial literature related to multiple dimensions of… |
Center for Impact Finance | Energy, Environment |
| Bringing Solar Energy to Low- and Moderate-Income Communities The U.S. solar photovoltaics industry has taken off over the past decade, but without deliberate action low- and moderate-income communities could be left behind.
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Center for Impact Finance, Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Community Development Finance, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Low Income |
| Behavioral Finance of Impact Investing Donor-advised funds present a unique opportunity to promote impact investing into the local community, including Community Development Financial Institutions that serve their local communities.
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Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Economic Development |
| CDFIs Can Make the SBA PPP Loan Program Work for Smaller, Minority-Owned, and Women-Owned, Small Businesses As currently being implemented by the Small Business Administration, the loans made available through the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, part of the CARES Act recently enacted to address the COVID-19 crisis, are likely to significantly bypass smaller small… |
Center for Impact Finance, COVID-19 | Community Development, Community Development Finance, COVID-19, Economic Development, Housing, Low Income |
| The Potential Role For CDFIs in the Opportunity Zones of the Investing in Opportunities Act (IIOA) The Opportunity Zones legislation was designed to mobilize new levels of capital into low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities – areas that have historically been overlooked and underserved by mainstream capital markets. As longstanding financial partners to LMI… |
Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance |
| Carsey Perspectives: Innovative Financing for Community Businesses Business owners seeking to start or expand a small business have limited options for financing. They can go to a bank for a loan, but they may have trouble qualifying for the loan due to the age of the business, absence of collateral, lack of equity in the business,… |
Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Income |
| CDFIs and Online Business Lending In March 2015, the Center for Impact Finance at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire convened the 16th Annual Financial Innovations Roundtable at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC.
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Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance |
| The Impact of Financial Products and Services on Quality of Life http://ncif.org/sites/default/files/free-publications/The%20Impact%20of%20Fin%20Products%20and%20Services%20on%20QOL%20-%20Secured.pdf
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Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance |
| Scaling U.S. Community Investing Scaling U.S. Community Investing: The Investor-Product Interface, an in-depth landscape study of the U.S. Community Investing (USCI) field. The full report includes a detailed analysis of the major types of USCI products, parameters that different investors use to… |
Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance |
