Calvert Foundation: Investing in Communities(TM)

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"With our Community Investment Notes, my husband and I are able to invest much more toward helping the poor than we could possibly give."

– Kelly S., California, Investor since 1998

The Calvert Community Investment (CCI) Note is Calvert Foundation's flagship product and our most popular offering.

When you invest in a CCI Note, your investment is pooled and placed in a professionally managed portfolio of affordable loans to over 200 leading nonprofit organizations and social enterprises working in over 100 countries, that focus on alleviating poverty in our key impact sectors.

Terms 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 years
Interest Rates Investor choice 0-3%
Social Returns Affordable Housing, Microcredit, Small Business Development, Community Facilities, Social Innovations

Why would I pick a lower interest rate?

When you choose a lower interest rate, you allow us to offer better rates and more flexible terms to our nonprofit borrowers, enabling them to devote more resources in the field. Over 15% of our investors choose to earn zero interest!

Calvert Community Investment Notes are not to be offered to residents of Pennsylvania; this website does not consitute an offer to sell securities to residents of Pennsylvania.