Investing in Impact
Benefit Chicago’s goal is to attract $100 million in capital
to support impact enterprises throughout the Chicago region.
To date, over $95 million has been raised and over $88 million committed
to a range of organizations and enterprises. Key priorities include:
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Build wealth
in or for communities through economic development, growth of community assets, and support for community-based entrepreneurs.
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Create jobs
that are accessible to community residents, particularly those for whom access to employment can be a challenge.
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Enhance job readiness
and skills for those seeking to find, maintain, and advance in employment.
What is an Impact Enterprise?
An impact enterprise is a nonprofit or for-profit organization that uses commercial strategies to address a basic unmet need or solve a social problem.
Our Borrowers
NCIF Credit Strategies Fund
Ensures long-term economic growth with investments in projects and institutions that create sustainable neighborhood change.
Our Borrowers
Self-Help Ventures Fund
Creates and protects economic opportunity by providing fair and responsible financial products in traditionally disinvested communities.
Our Borrowers
DL3 Realty, LP
Accelerating the equitable transformation of emerging communities poised to pivot from a history of economic stagnation to a promising future of inclusive growth.
Our Borrowers
Community Investment Corporation
Providing loans for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation, of affordable rental housing.
Our Borrowers
Chicago Community Loan Fund
Assisting the economic revitalization and redevelopment of South and West side communities of Chicago through loans and technical assistance.
Our Borrowers
NowPow
Connecting patients from under-resourced communities on the South and West sides of Chicago with the medical care and relationships they need.
Our Borrowers
Community Reinvestment Fund
Providing loans and advisory services to small businesses so they can create jobs and revitalize communities in South Shore, Lawndale, and Maywood.
Our Borrowers
AutonomyWorks
Providing meaningful employment for adults with autism in the Chicagoland region.
Our Borrowers
Garfield Produce
Creating sustainable local employment and wealth in East Garfield Park by producing and selling high-quality fresh produce year-round.
Our Borrowers
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Raising funds that are invested through community-based organizations throughout Chicago by acting as a community development intermediary.
Our Borrowers
IFF
Supporting nonprofit-sponsored community facilities projects, from affordable housing to community centers, through real estate development and consulting.
Our Borrowers
Sweet Beginnings
Providing job training in North Lawndale to community residents who have had difficulties finding gainful employment.
Our Borrowers
Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI)
Revitalizing Chicago’s economically challenged neighborhoods, particularly in the Pullman community
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