Impact Deposits is a mission-based manager of large cash deposits. Impact Deposits’ program serves as a social impact money market alternative, managing deposits of over $250K for individuals and organizations while offering full FDIC insurance on all funds, competitive interest rates, next-day liquidity, and a program designed to support local nonprofits via Impact Deposits’ network of community banks.
CNote is an award-winning, first-of-its-kind financial platform that allows anyone to make money investing in causes and communities they care about. With the mission of closing the wealth gap, CNote directs every dollar invested toward funding female- and minority-led small businesses, affordable housing and economic development through its nationwide network of CDFI community lenders.
Colorado Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit financial institution that operates on the “Green Bank” model successfully pioneered in other states, including Connecticut and New York. CCEF identifies underserved clean energy opportunities in Colorado and works with a variety of stakeholders to structure creative and attractive finance solutions to bring those opportunities to fruition.
Colorado Enterprise Fund is a nonprofit lending source specializing in small business loans for existing businesses and start-ups. Colorado Enterprise Fund was created in 1976 to expand access to financing and offer flexible terms to business owners when traditional lenders were unable to do so.
Colorado Lending Source is a private, nonprofit economic development organization that has been assisting small businesses in Colorado since 1990. As the state’s small business financing expert, Colorado Lending Source partners with local lenders, government agencies, communities, investors, foundations, and, other resource partners to help new or existing small businesses create meaningful living wage jobs and grow the economy.
We practice conservation to achieve environmental and economic outcomes. Every Fund program places conservation at its center, and our entrepreneurial staff create and implement innovative, practical ways to benefit the natural world and the well-being of Americans from every walk of life. Our Conservation Loans program offers flexible financing as well as sustained and expert technical assistance to land trusts and other organizations aiming to protect key properties in their communities, increase access to green and open-space, recover natural habitats, provide conservation education programs, and help people connect with nature. Since our first loan in 1993, we’ve provided more than $200 million in almost 400 loans in 39 states from our continually revolving pool of loan capital. Contact us today to learn more.
DreamSpring is one of the nation’s highest impact, nonprofit micro and small business lending organizations, delivering responsible capital to underserved and underrepresented entrepreneurs access to economic opportunity in Colorado.
FSWCF is a 501c3 nonprofit that supports the dedicated entrepreneurial spirit of rural Colorado, by investing in the people, culture and ideas that fuel innovation and financial knowledge in our community, with an emphasis on areas of greatest need. FSWCF was initially founded in 2015 by First Southwest Bank (FSWB), one of Colorado’s two CDFI banks, to be a gap-funder that provides access to capital for those who would not otherwise be able to secure it.
Impact Development Fund (“IDF”) is recognized as a community-based 501c3 organization with a mission to create economic opportunity by delivering flexible capital to strengthen underserved Colorado communities. Certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (“CDFI”), IDF embodies the concept of public-private partnership through our investor network that includes banks, foundations, private interests, local and federal government.
Native American Bancorporation (“Company”) is a privately held bank holding company located in Denver, Colorado. Through our wholly owned banking subsidiary, we offer a complete range of commercial banking services to Native American and Native Alaskan communities throughout the United States from our Denver, Colorado office.
NeighborWorks Southern Colorado (NWSoCo) is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Pueblo, CO. As an affiliate member of NeighborWorks America with 40 years of experience and a network of community partners, NWSoCo is uniquely qualified to meet the needs of communities across Southern Colorado. Our goal is to be our customers’ trusted partner and first choice for homebuyer resources in Southern Colorado. We aim to accomplish this by offering personal financial education and home purchase tools, to help navigate the marketplace and get families into homes they love!
Oweesta capitalizes its loan fund through various grant and investment opportunities to those interested in providing capital to Native CDFIs. Our organization’s investment portfolio is very diverse and has been managed prudently for over 20 years. Oweesta has never experienced a loss of investor capital. For investment, Oweesta seeks capital invested for at least five years at less than 2%. This allows us to provide low-cost capital to indigenous communities all over the United States.
RMMFI creates the space for communities and people of all backgrounds to realize their unique potential through the power of entrepreneurship. Since 2008, RMMFI sits in a unique niche linking capacity building services with access to capital for low-income and disadvantaged entrepreneurs in the Denver area. RMMFI has launched and funded over 250 businesses for entrepreneurs who struggle to find meaningful pathways of access to the mainstream economy. RMMFI’s cohort-based model includes the integration of education, mentorship, technical assistance, peer support, and loans ranging from $250-$75,000. RMMFI is currently scaling operations to rapidly deploy its model to ensure communities across CO are more responsive to the economic climate.
ULC is a 501(c)(3) that purchases land and buildings to develop affordable, transit-accessible permanently affordable housing and provides below-market commercial space to nonprofits and small businesses so they can dedicate more of their resources toward programming and services. Through the years it has developed a variety of credit facilities in partnership with banks, state and local agencies and foundations to acquire real estate that serves the community by acquiring, developing and preserving physical assets that are essential in meeting critical community needs especially in high poverty, low-income, underserved, at-risk communities.
