Black-Owned Businesses Often Struggle to Access Capital. Here’s How Financial Institutions Can Change That.
Banks and investors can widen access to capital by reconsidering creditworthiness, strengthening representation in governance, and accounting for social as well as financial returns.
Community Revitalization Is Hard to Get Right. Here’s How It Can Succeed.
Sustainable community revitalization depends on community listening, coordinated planning, respect for local priorities, and long-term institutional commitment.
What Impact Investors Want from Companies with a Cause
Mission-driven companies must pair a credible business case with measurable social benefit and show how purpose shapes strategy, operations, capital allocation, and transparent impact assessment.
Everywhere, All at Once
Chicago’s neighborhoods show why housing and retail must be planned together through coordinated strategies for access, capital, participation, and durable local growth.
One Small Step, One Giant Leap
Evanston’s reparations program shows how institutions can turn acknowledgment of discriminatory housing policy into accountable action on homeownership, capital access, and intergenerational wealth.