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The Power of the Guarantee

When it comes to impact investing, a financial guarantee is a tool that can make powerful change happen in communities, without requiring investors to part with cash upfront -- or maybe ever. This video from the Kresge Foundation examines this special, yet underutilized tool.

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January 19, 2023

CIGP Closes Multimillion Dollar Guarantee to Inclusive Prosperity Capital

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October 4, 2022

New Investments Help Fuel Change

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February 15, 2022

Leading Impact Investors Join CIGP

THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GUARANTEE POOL (CIGP) — store owner taking payment from customer

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December 14, 2021

Guarantees Making a Difference

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September 8, 2021

Requesting Proposals for Climate Guarantees

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July 23, 2021

Jim Baek Joins LOCUS Impact Investing as Executive Director of The Community Investment Guarantee Pool (CIGP)

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January 5, 2021

Guarantee Pool Deploys Over $7M in its First Year

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June 9, 2020

Future Returns: Using Foundation Guarantees to Unlock Capital

This article from Barron's highlights CIGP's role as a ready-made, guarantee-based solution for rebuilding communities.

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March 27, 2020

Loan Guarantees

Catherine Covington of MCE Social penned a blog article on how foundations can use loan guarantees to leverage more of their balance sheets towards their missions.