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7 Reasons Community Development Financial Institutions Lack Investors

CDFIs should be an easy sell to impact investors: since the 1970s we have worked hard in low-income places. Our impact track record is impressive, our staffing is strong, and our products and services are creative and effective. We are seasoned financiers who can deliver just the results that impact investors focused on the poor might seek.

But the sell has not been easy. Community development organizations of all types are often challenged to recruit investors outside of the familiar group of their established local supporters. It is difficult in particular to recruit professional financial advisors as a channel to investors.

By Rosalie Sheehy Cates

Full Story: http://www.shelterforce.org/article/3646/connecting_cdfis_and_impact_investors/

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