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What is Community Capital Infrastructure?
Community Capital Infrastructure (CCI) are the mechanisms - the actual institutions, financial products and other vehicles - by which we democratize capital and shift economic power and resources and put it in the hands of the people who can advance solutions for the wellbeing of all of us and the web of life.
The strategy for capital shift requires deep investments in our communities’ capacity to absorb capital to catalyze a transition to healthy, just and resilient communities. This requires the infrastructure with the capacity to absorb:
Millions in grant investments
To unlock billions in debt and equity investments
To reinvest of trillions of public finance into healthy, equitable and resilient communities
What are the forms of Community Capital Infrastructure?
Established and emerging institutions working to build a new financial system generating and accelerating the pathways for the transition of capital into the hands of the people who can advance solutions for the wellbeing of all us.
Grassroots Foundations
Revolving Loan Funds
Integrated Capital Funds
Community Controlled Credit Unions, CDFIs & CDFI Banks,
Just Transition and Solidarity Philanthropy
Community Land Trusts, Community Cooperatives, Platform Cooperatives, Cooperative Holding Companies
Public Banks, Green Banks & Indigenous Banks
Strengthening Transformative Community Capital Institutions
Capitalizing and expanding CCI institutions is a powerful way to build community economic prosperity and address wealth and income inequality. By putting more and different kinds of resources in the hands of communities with transformative solutions we can all live the Good Life.
Each CCI model and approach is unique and provides opportunity for blended capital along the spectrum . It is important to understand how each fund operates based on three characteristics:
Community Ownership: How much community wealth does the fund build, for whom & over what time period?
Community Governance: Who decides the purpose of the funds and the outcomes they must achieve?
Community Management: Who manages and directs the deployment of funds?
All of these funds are accountable to community-led priorities and plan, designed to build community wealth, and are managed with accountability to community:
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