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In the coming weeks, we will be consolidating our individual Program & Practice X accounts and moving our work over to @kresgefdn. Please give us a follow for updates on our Social Investment Practice as well as all the other important work happening at The Kresge Foundation!

Making energy efficiency more equitable—read about our partners ⁦@MichiganSaves⁩ and how they’re doing so in #Detroit and the state of Michigan.

Great piece by Kresge Trustee @jimbildner. He argues that social investment must be grounded in impact – in attracting market capital to transaction – not in the hope that the investment will, in & of itself, satisfy the market’s norms of acceptable return. https://t.co/AHPdFwLBwx

Learn how & why @kresgesocinv made a $1.1M program-related investment loan to @_WorkingPower. It provides capital for loans to community solar projects co-owned/managed by @IngenuityPower, to facilitate community ownership of #solar & solar+storage assets. https://t.co/uCkT1gnOQM

Community-development finance institutions have more flexibility than traditional lending institutions when it comes to financing affordable housing, says @LISC_Detroit Executive Director Camille Walker Banks. #CDFIs #impactinvesting https://t.co/lJUQSmmdOU

In this case study, learn about a $2.5M program-related investment loan to @MichiganSaves that enables the green bank to lend directly to underserved communities of color in Detroit & other localities for #GreenEnergy projects. @kresgenviro @kresgesocinv

Anyone in Las Vegas for the #Climate & #Energy Funders Group convening today, catch Joe Evans at two sessions. J40: Realizing the Equity Opportunities of IRA, and Achieving climate impact in states with limited capacity or political will

"This is an unprecedented moment of opportunity for #CreditUnions. The work you do is inspiring, courageous and vitally important." Kresge's @RipRapson speaks at #Inclusiv2023 about how credit unions must promote equitable community development and engage on #ClimateChange.

Live at our first general session: Overcoming Economic Barriers in the Deep and Mid-South: The Role of CDFIs and Mission-Driven Credit Unions #Inclusiv2023

RE-volv has installed over 3.5 megawatts of solar capacity for more than 50 community-based nonprofits across 14 states over the past decade, saving these organizations $20 million collectively on their energy bills. https://t.co/2c4mpZGjMI

TODAY: The benefits of #SolarPower have yet to be distributed equitably. Join @FundingNetwork at 3 pm ET for a discussion on creative approaches to solar power for low- & moderate-income communities. @DDeaneEnviro @shanleyhopes Vero Bourg-Meyer, Joe Evans

💡Let's talk about Community Development Financial Institutions. Did you know #CDFIs like @HopeCreditUnion provide necessary financial resources like equitable loans & safe banking to low-income & disadvantaged communities? Learn how @BusinessInsider:

Here's the link to more info. Speakers include reps from @InvestDet, Develop Detroit, Urge Imprint and @EnergyBillSave. https://t.co/v8D3F7CVe0

Attention #Detroit! Next Monday, the Ebiara Fund is having an event. "Are you a Black or Brown Women Interested in Real Estate Development?" It's 6-8 p.m. at the Madame Cadillac Building on the Marygrove campus.

A few of our solar #impinv are shared as case studies in this new report out now from @CESA_News, which outlines ways funders can accelerate the uptake of solar in low and moderate-income communities.

"I try to calculate the penalties within the black communities, If we can figure out the penalties, we can figure out the where to pinpoint the racism in black communities." - @andreperryedu

“Building housing for resilience is not always the easiest solution, but it is the sustainable and equitable one.” Monica Schroeder, Director of Global Advocacy, @BuildChange