Featured Partners
JFF Ventures (ETF@JFF Labs)
JFFVentures is a leading impact investing fund that specializes exclusively in emerging future of work and workforce development technologies with the potential to improve economic advancement opportunities for workers from low-income backgrounds. The JFFVentures team works alongside entrepreneurs to build and scale solutions for the millions of adult learners and workers overlooked by traditional systems and solutions. The Fund invests in early-stage companies building tech-based solutions that improve the well-being of workers and expand their prospects for economic advancement.
ROC USA
ROC USA, is a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to transforming the manufactured home communities (MHCs) market through resident ownership. MHCs, sometimes still outdatedly called “trailer parks” or “mobile home parks,” are a component of virtually every rural and suburban market and provide the most affordable, unsubsidized homeownership option in many localities. Residents living in MHCs typically own their manufactured homes but not the land under them. This lack of land tenure leaves residents vulnerable on many fronts, including their inability to qualify for conventional fixed rate home loans. ROC USA seeks to provide homeowners with the opportunity to purchase their community as a cooperative. The organization provides two crucial supports to help communities of renters become a Resident Owned Community: timely acquisition financing and access to ongoing technical assistance through a network of Certified Technical Assistance Providers.
Inclusiv
Inclusiv is a certified CDFI intermediary that is dedicated to closing the gaps and removing barriers in financial opportunities for distressed and underserved communities by providing capital, making connections and building capacity, developing innovative products and services for Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs) and working to transform local progress into lasting change at the national level. In 2022, Inclusiv made its historic funding into Puerto Rican cooperativas to strengthen their recovery and resiliency initiatives. Inclusiv’s investment was made possible by a Program-Related Investment (PRI) loan from the DBAF New Initiatives Fund. Cooperativas, financial cooperatives in Puerto Rico, provide community-owned financial services to more than 1.2 million member owners. Collectively, they represent the third largest financial conglomerate on the island, with a presence in 75 of 78 municipalities. As financial first responders, they have provided critical financial access and community resources, helping to lead recovery and resiliency efforts in the aftermath of devastating crises like Hurricanes Maria and Fiona.