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California FreshWorks

Description: The California FreshWorks fund is a public-private partnership loan fund that has raised over $270 million to bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to communities that do not have them.

Notable Investors: Capital Impact Partners, The California Endowment, Citibank Impact

Social Impact Objectives: Community Development, Food Security, Health Improvement

Serving the Underserved

Progresso Financiero

Description: Provides credit-building instruments and affordable loans that enable the Hispanic community to build a better future. Progreso has provided more than $1 billion in loans and aims to bring responsible credit access and savings to a million customers by the end of 2016.

Notable Investors: Greylock Partners, Core Innovation Capital Impact

Social Impact Objectives: Access to Financial Services, Community Development, Equality and Empowerment

Microfinance

Beartooth Capital

Description: Beartooth Capital is a B Corp that believes that conservation adds value for investors as well as for ecosystems. It is dedicated to the restoration, enhancement and protection of more than 25,000 acres of land in the American West.

Social Impact Objectives: Community Development, Sustainable Land Use, Natural Resources Conservation

Deforestation