Jen: How was Afterglow Climate Justice Fund Created?  James: Climate justice has always been a focus for Candide, as is apparent from relationships like Posigen and Solar Holler, that date back to 2017. Our belief is that, as impact investors with a commitment to...

Jen: How was Akiptan, Inc Created?  Skya: Akiptan was founded by Native ag professionals from the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) in 2017 and as of January 1st, 2019, Akiptan has begun operating and lending as an independent organization. Founders of...

Kat Kavanagh, Executive Director of Water Rangers. Kat is demonstrating the water test kit that communities use to test and upload water data to their shared platform. Thrive Impact Fund provided an early revenue loan for working capital.

I met Brendan Martin through the Working World, his longtime initiative to bring non-extractive finance to businesses in Argentina via cooperatives. It wasn’t surprising to me to find that Marnie Thompson and Ed Whitfield, longtime community organizers through the...

Erik Schultz, a fellow financial activist, Just Economy Institute colleague (formerly the RSF Integrated Capital Institute) and philanthropic colleague at Arthur B. Schultz Foundation introduced me to Blake Jones and Kachuwa Impact Fund. Erik has since refocused his...