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Invest or Donate to Strengthen Communities

Every dollar you commit — whether as a donation or an investment — fuels affordable housing and greater opportunity for low-income people and communities throughout the United States and around the world.

Supporting Partners

Choose the sponsorship path that best fits your goals -- ways to support Partners include:

1. Community Development Notes (CDNs):  A CDN is a debt security that pays annual interest, which we use to support new lending. To increase your impact, you can contribute earned interest each year or the principal at maturity.

2. Debt Capital: Provide a low-cost loan that we turn into high-impact loans.

3. Grants: Make a one-time or recurring gift that supports our lending in communities

4. Membership: Faith-based investors can join our network of members and receive inside access and impact reports

Ready to Sponsor?

Why Invest in a CDFI?

Invest in CDFIs for greater social impact returns:

  • More heart. Align your capital with your values and advance communities you care about.
  • More capital. CDFIs pool resources, leveraging your investment so that together we finance more than any single institution can alone.
  • More impact. Even a modest commitment can generate measurable results in affordable housing and community facilities, and mission-focused enterprises — true mission investing with financial stewardship.

Why Invest with Partners

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Collaborative finance model

As a wholesale collaborative lender, we help mission-focused lenders manage liquidity, loan limits, and portfolio concentration, growing community development financing nationwide.

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Strong performance.

Since 2001 we have deployed $400 million while preserving 100% of investor principal and delivering steady returns.

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Dual focus.

We finance U.S. community development projects and international development alike, multiplying impact at home and abroad.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Sponsors can send checks to:

      Partners for the Common Good

      1201 15th Street NW, Suite 200

      Washington, DC 20005

      (Partners is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation; donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.)

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