The Institute and the Initiative Announce Plans to Merge

June 1, 2023

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Current Loan Opportunities

For funding to support affordable housing, small business, and community revitalization.

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Developing Leaders

To nurture community-based leadership and stimulate social innovation.

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State-wide Advocacy

To ensure North Carolina’s policy and regulatory environment supports economic opportunity for all citizens.

Our Approach

We work with our partners across the state to transform their communities and increase access to opportunity for all North Carolinians.

Strategy 1

SECTOR LEADERSHIP

Strategy 1

SECTOR LEADERSHIP

We identify new approaches to creating shared economic opportunity and healthy communities and lead the powerful networks needed to get them to scale.

Strategy 2

STRATEGIC INVESTMENT

Strategy 2

STRATEGIC INVESTMENT

We finance the deals that create economic opportunities today and provide the capital to finance transformative economic change over time.

Strategy 3

SMART
POLICY

Strategy 3

SMART
POLICY

We leverage our expertise with the power of communities to advocate for equitable policies that promote sustainable and inclusive economic opportunities.

The Challenge

Too many communities have been left behind in North Carolina. We must address these challenges.

1 in 6 adults and 1 in 4 children live in poverty in North Carolina.
Little investment in vulnerable communities and loans are difficult to obtain.
High unemployment rate in Hickory, NC and many communities have no voice in Raleigh.