Calvert Foundation™

It’s a win-win. Earn a financial return while lifting families out of poverty. Find out how

What is Community Investing?

Community Investing

Where economic and social value meet

Everyday investors can make a difference in needy communities neglected by traditional financial institutions. Community investment programs – like Calvert Foundation’s Community Investment Note – make loans to highly effective organizations that:

  • Develop or rehabilitate affordable homes
  • Finance small businesses
  • Provide essential community services
  • Create jobs

How Community Investing Works

A hand up, not a handout

It’s simple. Like a traditional financial institution, Calvert Foundation provides loans to clients. In this case, community organizations with a proven track record of making a difference.

1. Investors like you provide the capital.

2. Calvert Foundation makes loans to qualified organizations.

3. The organizations succeed in their missions, improving the community.

4. The organizations repay their loans.

5. Investors get their money back with interest.

Starting at just $20, our Community Investment Note is available in various terms and rates up to 3%. At maturity, you get your money back with interest. While invested, your dollars are hard at work revitalizing poor communities in all 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries, reversing inequality and creating hope and opportunity where it’s needed most. (Residents of Pennsylvania, please click here.)

Community Investment At Work

Amidst violence in Kenya, Alice Reta and her family lost their business, their home, and their belongings. Alice was able to start over, grow her business and send her children to school, thanks to a loan from Calvert Foundation client, Kenya Women’s Finance Trust.

With your investment of as little as $20, you can diversify your portfolio, while making a difference to people in need.

Calvert Foundation was founded 15 years ago on the principle that poverty can be alleviated through investment. As a trusted financial partner, we manage $200 million of investments while helping our clients improve the lives of people around the world.

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