Partners & Investments

The Blackstar Stability Distressed Debt Fund Program's goal is to provide investors with compelling risk-adjusted returns, while generating significant benefits for low-income and moderate-income families through investments that restructure distressed mortgages and land sale contracts.

We are working to build a future where entrepreneurs of color and their communities have the financial, social and political power to create a sustainable, inclusive and equitable economy for generations to come.

BrightVentures is a venture builder that helps entrepreneurs in the tech industry to scale and develop their businesses.

The Builders Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in purpose-driven companies solving systemic social and environmental problems.

We equip those who need it most with the knowledge, resources, and skills necessary to start a business and permanently transition out of poverty in Northern Uganda.

Our core purpose is clear: to reduce disparity by investing in equitable infrastructure for excluded communities. Through the power of debt markets, we're catalyzing change.

Common Trust helps business owners exit to their employees and community.
From first impression to financing, they help business owners execute a competitive exit plan that sets the company up for success without compromising values.

Craft3 is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that lends capital to startups and entrepreneurs who might not qualify for traditional loans, with a focus on strengthening local economies.

The Essential Owners Fund invests in middle market, essential industry companies and utilizes employee ownership as a tool to create economic stability for essential workers, reduce operating volatility for companies and generate meaningful returns for investors.

F7 Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build technology-enabled companies.

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company (GREC) is an independent power producer that generates power, invests in power generation technology and sells power to public and private offtakers.

Hope Credit Union is a financial institution that provides affordable financial services and economic opportunities to underserved populations in the South.

Impact America Fund is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in tech-driven businesses aiming to generate real financial returns while improving the lives of underserved communities in America.

Our goal is to future-proof your legacy. As a pioneering private equity and financial services company committed to creating innovation and impact with capital, our clients are unique in the market. We influence the assets of families and institutions led by people who believe that humanity and the planet are part of every returns equation.

Lwala Community Alliance is a health and development organization that works to build the capacity of rural communities to advance their own comprehensive well-being.

We work with local and national investors to help them create the impact they want and work with businesses and community partners to help them get the capital they need. We are entirely focused on private market impact transactions and asset management.

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project promotes justice by defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through direct legal services, systemic advocacy, and community education.

Obran Cooperative is a worker-owned cooperative that offers business support services to both traditional and cooperative businesses, with a focus on social and economic justice.

The Ownership Capital Lab identifies, pilots, and supports the uptake of strategies for financing EO with impact integrity at greater scale.

We pair this R&D with investor education (directly and through partners), and fund engagement and support. Bridging between capital market and employee ownership expertise is central to our efforts.

Project Equity is a national leader in the movement to harness employee ownership to maintain thriving local business communities, retain jobs, and address income and wealth inequality.

Raven Indigenous Capital Partners invests in early and growth stage Indigenous companies that are helping to build a renewed and sustainable Indigenous economy in Canada and the United States.

We build technology that reduces the number of people in prison, increases community re-entry success, and overall makes communities safer.

We collaborate with public funders and impact investors globally to scale enterprises and innovations with strong potential for positive impact on people and the planet.

Seed Commons is a cooperative that provides non-extractive, patient capital to worker and community controlled enterprises, focusing on social, economic, and environmental justice.

Shared Capital Cooperative is Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) loan fund that provides financing to cooperative businesses and housing throughout the United States. Shared Capital’s mission is to build a just, equitable and democratic economy by investing in cooperative enterprise.

The Life You Can Save is a movement of people fighting extreme poverty. The organization recommends a selection of high-impact charities and promotes effective giving.

Transform Finance is a research, education, and implementation partner that supports all stakeholders to challenge legacy investment approaches, seed transformative investment models, and build movement power.

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Upaya Social Ventures builds businesses to alleviate poverty. They provide funding and business development support to early-stage companies in India.

Village Enterprise is an NGO that works to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation.

On a mission to increase the wealth of everyday Americans.