This year’s awards, issued by Capital Impact Partners and the National Cooperative Bank, are funding projects such as enabling Cambodian refugees to have permanent affordable housing; keeping a neighborhood safe so that families and businesses can thrive; creating an online marketplace for street food vendors; teaching skilled laborers how to become upholsterers; and helping a housing cooperative move toward sustainable growth.
This year, the award pool was expanded through the participation of additional sponsors Rochdale Capital, CUNA Mutual Group, Local Government Federal Credit Union, and National Co+op Grocers, helping augment the award opportunities by $50,000.