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Advance Global Capital, Ltd (AGC) provides financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to reduce poverty through sustained inclusive economic growth.
11/20/2025
The 2025 Community Investment Note® impact report, “Resilient Communities, Lasting Impact”, explores how resilience is essential to building a more inclusive and sustainable financial system.
11/03/2025
Greenline Ventures is a financial services company that specializes in providing capital to underserved businesses.
09/30/2025
Calvert Impact made its first loan to CRF, a community development financial institution based in Minneapolis, in 1997 and continued the lending relationship for nearly 30 years.
09/25/2025 | By Annette Vogel
Download the Q2 2025 Community Investment Note® Report.
08/15/2025 | By Justin Conway
Download the Q1 2025 Community Investment Note® Report.
05/15/2025 | By Justin Conway
In honor of U.S. National Small Business Week 2025, we’re highlighting a few of the Community Investment Note® portfolio partners helping small businesses thrive in different regions of the U.S.
05/07/2025
Small businesses are the lifeblood of economies and a vital conduit for reaching communities. Our commitment to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises has been unwavering since our founding.
05/05/2025 | By Maya Burney
Download the Q4 2024 Community Investment Note® Report.
02/14/2025 | By Justin Conway
A look back at Calvert Impact's work in 2024.
12/20/2024 | By Jennifer Pryce
Our Q3 2024 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
11/15/2024 | By Justin Conway
Calvert Impact's 2024 impact report, including new impact data, stories, and photos from their Community Investment Note portfolio.
10/23/2024
Our Q2 2024 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
08/15/2024 | By Justin Conway
Our Q1 2024 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
05/15/2024 | By Justin Conway
Our Q4 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
02/15/2024 | By Justin Conway
After sharing our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan in January, Calvert Impact executed on its strategy to bring new products to market to increase connectivity between the capital markets and communities.
12/21/2023 | By Jennifer Pryce
The Future of the Small Business Finance Industry Calvert Impact’s new report, Small Business Community Finance: Scaling with Integrity
12/19/2023
The Fund, anchored by leading investors committed to building better communities, will support banks addressing the racial wealth and income gap
11/27/2023
Our Q3 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
11/15/2023 | By Justin Conway
Report shows cumulative impact of Community Investment Note® and new products
11/07/2023
Our 2023 Impact Report features the impact we and our portfolio partners have had on markets, the environment, and communities around the world throughout 2022 and 2023.
11/06/2023 | By Caitlin Rosser
Climate United today announced the submission of its proposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Clean Investment Fund award competition, part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
10/12/2023
In 2016, Calvert Impact provided financing to Eureka Recycling, a zero-waste nonprofit based in Minneapolis, Minnesota dedicated to demonstrating that waste is preventable – not inevitable.
09/20/2023 | By Caitlin Rosser
Calvert Impact, Ascendus, and NDC share the co-created Theory of Change for the Small Business finance sector and how they have tested and implemented this theory of change in their own work.
09/12/2023
Our Q2 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
08/15/2023 | By Justin Conway
AGC’s investments deliver tailored financing to local partners, who in turn provide flexible working capital to small and medium enterprises, so they can scale and positively impact local economies.
07/21/2023 | By Annette Vogel
Comprehensive report that highlights our shared work through the Recovery Funds that lent to small businesses throughout the pandemic, our lessons learned, and our call to action for the future.
06/20/2023
60 Decibels, Calvert Impact, Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, and LISC share insights from new research on the small business recovery programs launched in response to the pandemic.
06/07/2023
Our Q1 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
05/15/2023 | By Justin Conway
Calvert Impact reflects on our long-standing history of supporting small businesses during Small Business Week 2023
05/01/2023
60 Decibels partnered with CRF USA and Calvert Impact to understand the impact of the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund on small businesses in 16 partner states.
Calvert Impact staff visit two portfolio partners in Puerto Rico to learn about impact on the ground
03/28/2023 | By Caitlin Rosser
Our Q4 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
02/15/2023 | By Justin Conway
A history of Calvert Impact's support for small business lending and how our strategy has evolved over time
02/14/2023
Our Q3 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our Community Investment Note portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
11/15/2022 | By Justin Conway
Our 2022 Impact Report features the impact we and our portfolio partners have had on markets, the environment, and communities around the world throughout 2021 and 2022.
11/03/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser
In 1997, in our second year of lending operations, Calvert Impact made a $150,000 loan to New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, a community lender that transforms New Hampshire communities.
10/26/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser
60 Decibels partnered with CRF USA, Calvert Impact, and Kiva to understand the impact of the California Rebuilding Fund on small businesses.
10/18/2022
Our Q2 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
08/12/2022 | By Justin Conway
Our Q1 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
05/13/2022 | By Justin Conway
60 Decibels, Calvert Impact Capital and Community Reinvestment Fund, USA share insights from new research on the small business recovery programs launched in response to the pandemic.
03/31/2022
Calvert Impact Capital, CRF USA and USC partnered with 60 Decibels to understand the impact of the New York Forward Loan Fund on small businesses.
03/14/2022
Calvert Impact Capital's Investor Relations and Impact Management staff hosted a webinar to review highlights from our 2021 Impact Report
03/03/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser
Our Q4 2021 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
02/15/2022 | By Justin Conway
After the murder of George Floyd, lenders pledged to help communities of colour. But many are still struggling to get cheaper loans
12/13/2021
As their internships end, our summer interns discuss their work at Calvert Impact Capital and their impressions of the broader impact investing industry through the lens of their main projects.
11/30/2021 | By Mary Hayford & Angelie Miranda
Our 2021 Impact Report features the impact we and our borrowers have had on the environment and communities around the world throughout 2020 and 2021.
11/18/2021 | By Caitlin Rosser
Our Q3 2021 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
11/12/2021 | By Justin Conway
As more investors seek to direct capital toward racial equity, here’s a starter list to help.
11/08/2021
Lendable Inc., a leading emerging market fintech credit provider, is targeting a ground-breaking $100 million closed-ended fund focused on emerging and frontier market fintech investments.
10/12/2021
Our borrower, the eco.business Fund, is leading the way in helping Ecuadorian shrimp producers implement practices that protect the environment
09/07/2021 | By Christian Choconta
Our Q2 2021 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.
08/13/2021 | By Justin Conway
Calvert Impact Capital is proud to announce the Small Business Flex Fund, aimed at helping Washington state small businesses recover and grow as communities across the state reopen for business.
07/19/2021
When the PPP loan was announced by Congress, many businesses found themselves shut out of the process due to a lack of information and access to the program through traditional financial institutions
07/06/2021 | By Caitlin Rosser
Webinar: Oxford Social Finance Programme - Build Back Better through Blended Capital
07/01/2021
Bay Area Impact: Investing in Small Business with the California Rebuilding Fund featured Bay Area Council Economic Institute Senior Director Sean Randolph speaking with Laura Tyson
05/27/2021
JP Nicols hosts Beth Bafford, an architect of the new SOAR Fund, to discuss the multi-million dollar fund aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits across the South.
05/13/2021
More financial relief is on the way for small business owners and non-profits. News 4’s Danielle Jackson explains where the money comes from and how it could help local businesses.
05/04/2021
The SOAR Fund will focus on the south. They want to make sure the Black, Hispanic and Native American communities in the south are getting the help they need for their businesses.
04/13/2021
In 2006, Calvert Impact Capital made its first loan to MCE Social Capital (MCE), that works to generate economic opportunities for women and families in underserved communities across the globe.
04/06/2021 | By Caitlin Rosser
Calvert Impact Capital is excited to join a network of national and local community lenders to announce the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund
03/03/2021
The global pandemic, resulting economic shocks, stark displays of systemic racism and injustice, and near-daily evidence of rapidly changing climate made it clear our current systems are failing us
12/18/2020 | By Leigh Moran
One in three small businesses is on the edge and may not survive the next three months without help. The California Rebuilding Fund will make low-interest loans to help small businesses survive.
12/06/2020
We are excited to join Gov. Gavin Newsom and other members of the California Small Enterprise (CASE) Task Force to launch the California Rebuilding Fund
11/20/2020
Calvert Impact Capital is excited to announce a further commitment to the eco.business Fund
10/26/2020
Our 2020 Impact Report commemorates our 25th anniversary and features the impact we and our borrowers have had on the environment and communities around the world throughout 2019 and 2020.
10/01/2020 | By Caitlin Rosser
Every two years, we conduct an investor survey to better understand the motivations of our investor base, the challenges they face in investing for impact, and how we can serve them better
09/15/2020 | By Caitlin Rosser
Our borrower, MCE Social Capital (MCE), is a nonprofit impact investing firm that aims to generate economic opportunities for women and families living in poverty in the developing world
08/31/2020 | By Leigh Pomerantz
The NY Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF) has lent more than $3.1 million to support 77 businesses and residential landlords across NY state with COVID-19 related costs and expenses as of today
08/05/2020
Since the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, many organizations and individuals across the globe have raised their voices
06/17/2020 | By Leigh Pomerantz
Calvert Impact Capital is proud to serve as lead arranger for the NY Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF)
05/22/2020
The economic impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented and is crushing community-based organizations
04/28/2020
As the economic impact from COVID-19 unfolds, small businesses —those that underpin the economic, social, and cultural fabric of the United States— are facing extreme challenges
03/27/2020 | By Leigh Pomerantz
As March is Women’s History Month, I’ve spent some time reflecting on the power of gender lens investing to transform the lives of women.
03/10/2020 | By Diego Valdivia
Grameen America is a nonprofit microfinance organization dedicated to helping women who live in poverty build small businesses to create better lives for their families
01/17/2020 | By Leigh Pomerantz
2019 was another exciting and productive year for Calvert Impact Capital
01/08/2020 | By Leigh Moran
In our 2019 Impact Report, we provide even more data on our investor, portfolio, and community impact through updated data, graphics, and case studies.
10/01/2019 | By Caitlin Rosser
Calvert Impact Capital invests to help financial intermediaries better serve small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the engines of local economic growth and job creation across the globe
05/29/2019 | By Caitlin Rosser
Calvert Impact Capital Sr. Investment Officer Nicholas Silbergeld discusses our investment in Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC)
03/15/2019 | By Nicholas Silbergeld
We recently closed a loan to Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC), a community development corporation that serves individuals and families with low to moderate income in the southwestern U.S.
03/13/2019 | By Nicholas Silbergeld
Our 2018 Impact Report, featuring impact data across our investor, portfolio, and community impact.
10/01/2018
2017 was busy. A lot happened around here. If you haven't kept an eye on our monthly email updates, here's what you need to know.
12/27/2017 | By Andrew Parrucci
Earlier this year, we closed a $5 million investment in the eco.business Fund
11/16/2017
We recently closed a new $5 million investment with SA Taxi, a credit provider that offers financial products and services for entrepreneurs in the minibus taxi business in South Africa
07/06/2017 | By Najada Kumbuli
Benefit Chicago is a collaboration between MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, and Calvert Foundation to mobilize $100 million for impact investments and social enterprises
05/16/2017
As Black History Month comes to a close, we at Calvert Foundation have been celebrating the many successes and contributions of black small business owners and entrepreneurs
02/27/2017
Calvert Foundation has approved a new $4 million loan to MCE Social Capital (MCE)
11/14/2016 | By Songbae Lee
Over the last 18 months, the Calvert Foundation’s India Investment Initiative has given Indian Americans and anyone who loves India another option to celebrate India
08/12/2016
We recently returned from a trip to India, where we had the privilege of visiting some of Calvert Foundation’s current and past borrowers
06/10/2016
Calvert Foundation recently trekked across the country to see how our investments in non-profits and social enterprises are transforming the Bay Area
04/05/2016
Through our Age Strong initiative in partnership with AARP Foundation, Capital Impact Partners recently completed a $3.6 million loan to Brown's Parkside
02/01/2016
Today we announced an exciting partnership with the InterAmerican Development Bank
11/18/2015 | By Leigh Moran
This month, we’re celebrating the one year birthday of the Ours To Own campaign
06/08/2015 | By Patrick Davis
Convened a couple of weeks after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
10/17/2013 | By Xevion Baptiste
