52 REAL-LEADERS.COM / WINTER 2022 KACHUWA IMPACT FUND An investment cooperative and public benefit corporation focused on owning and operating “impact real estate” and investing in privately held “impact companies.” As a cooperative, Kachuwa is democratically owned and controlled by its members on a one-voteper-person basis. All of its assets must be aligned with one or more of Kachuwa’s nine impact themes. “We started our investment cooperative because it's exactly the kind of fund that we wanted to see in the world,” says Blake Jones, president. “Not only is it the ideal fund that we’d want to invest our personal money in, but it’s also the ideal fund that we’d want as an investor in our own mission-driven companies. Nothing like this existed, so we thought, well, why don’t we just create it ourselves?” KachuwaImpactFund.com ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY FUND Invests in early growthstage companies contributing to environmental sustainability across multiple sectors, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste reduction, green chemistry, transportation, agriculture, and water. Invests in companies solving real problems, resulting in better investment opportunities and greater impact. The Fund seeks capital-efficient business models and avoids significant technology risk. EIF seeks to identify niches within sustainability that have not received as much investor attention as they deserve and to have the greatest possible impact with the least possible amount of capital. EIF.vc CONSCIOUS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT EMERGING IMPACT FUND MANAGER An impact investment fund manager focused on property, social impact bonds, and renewables. Its model is to partner with charities and socially minded enterprises and provide funding to acquire properties or operate programs that give the partner charity access and operating rights to support their stakeholders. CIM calls this the “Impact Partner” approach and believes it’s a unique way of combining impact and investment. It has grown rapidly since its inception in 2019 and has raised/funded around $280 million across social housing, specialist disability accommodation, social impact bonds, and renewables projects. Together, these investments have provided around 500 social housing outcomes and planted the equivalent of 90,000 trees. ConsciousInvest.com.au SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES REDUCED INEQUALITIES GREEN CANOPY NODE A vertically integrated construction technology firm, residential developer, and fund manager with a mission to build homes, relationships, and businesses that help regenerate communities and environments. The company strives to make sustainable and healthy homes accessible to people at every income level. In total, the firm has managed over 200 impact investor relationships and over $80 million in aggregate assets under management. “Given the state of the world, why should we accept anything less than a company doing its part?” says Susan Fairchild, chief marketing officer. GreenCanopyNODE.com CAPITAL IMPACT PARTNERS ELLIS CARR, PRESIDENT AND CEO Helps build healthy, inclusive, and equitable communities where people have the resources they need to pursue their dreams for themselves and their families. “Small business owners, developers, and other local leaders are the engines of job creation and economic activity in communities across the country,” says Ellis Carr, president, and CEO. “When these leaders have the opportunity to succeed, their communities, their residents — and their country — thrive.” In 2020, Capital Impact closed $90 million in loans, which in turn served 425,000 people and created 360 jobs. As a result of this financing, nearly 1,800 affordable housing units were created; 4,900 students were served; 400,000 healthcare patients helped; and 14,000 healthy food customers reached. "We need bold thinking and a holistic approach to unleash solutions for underestimated communities," says Carr. CapitalImpact.org INNOVATIVE IMPACT FUND MANAGERS 2022 IN COLLABORATION WITH
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