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The Shefa Fund - Mobilizes resources for low-income community development and shareholder activism. Primarily Jewish-American oriented. Education, newsletter, articles, and books. United States.

Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions - National CDFI membership organization offering promotion, training, research, and networking. United States.

Self Help Credit Union - Community development deposit accounts for those wishing to help small businesses, nonprofits, women, minorities, rural residents, and low-wealth families. United States.

MicroCapital - A group of associated professionals discussing micro finance investments. Blog.

ShoreBank - Offers 'development deposits' to investors nationwide who wish to improve the economic health of urban and rural communities. United States.

Invested in the Common Good - Review of Susan Meeker-Lowry's book on socially responsible thinking, community, and activism.

University Bank - Community development financial institution and FDIC bank investing in economically challenged neighborhoods in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. US

Calvert Foundation - Non-profit organization offering community investment notes that fight poverty, finance affordable homes, fund small and micro businesses and engage in community development.

Unity Trust Bank - Provides UK banking and financial servicesto the trade union, charity, voluntary and credit union sectors.

Community Development Finance Association - Membership organization providing capacity building, networking, development, and research. United Kingdom.

Opportunity Finance Network - A US-based membership organization of CDFIs. Provides capital, technical assistance, and development services to support the revitalization of economically-disadvantaged urban, rural, and reservation-based communities.

Community Development Banking List - A discussion list for practitioners in credit unions, banks, loan funds, and non-profits in the community development field.

BlueOrchard Finance s.a. - Swiss company specializing in the management of investment funds dedicated to the micro-finance industry. Serves investors, funds, and micro-finance institutions supporting sustainable development of micro-entrepreneurship in emerging economies.

Metropolitan Housing Partnership - Community investment specialises in community funding projects, affordable houses for renting in London, alternative to council housing and shared ownership schemes. UK.

Microfinance Corporation - Provides financial services for customers while providing economic return to investors. Helps small businesses in developing countries to succeed by providing them access to finances and education.

National Community Investment Fund - Community development financial intermediary reinvesting institutional monies in independent and minority-owned financial institutions with a community development focus. United States.

CommunityInvest.org - Introduction and in-depth information published by Co-op America and the Social Investment Forum Foundation.

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance - Intermediary serving community development venture capital funds through training, financing, consulting, research, and advocacy. US and Global working groups.

National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions - Coalition dedicated to strengthening the credit unions that serve low-income communities -- known as 'community development credit unions.' Provides financial, technical, and human resources to CDCUs. USA

MicroVest - Microfinance investment firm providing capital and management oversight to emerging market microfinance institutions in order to build capital markets that work for the world's entrepreneurial poor. USA

The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation - Acquires, finances and develops affordable housing and other community development initiatves in underserved neighborhoods across the US.

Latino Community Credit Union - Community-based, member-owned nonprofit financial institution providing protection of financial assets, loans, financial independence and education. Fully bilingual. United States.

Oikocredit - A large financier of the microfinance sector worldwide. Funds projects in the South benefiting disadvantaged and marginalised people. Cooperative society business structure. Loans channeled through a network of offices spread over Latin America, Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe. Finances cooperatives or small and medium-sized enterprises involved in agriculture, trade, services and manufacturing.

Developing World Markets MicroFinance, LLC - Arranges financing for microfinance institutions in the developing world enabling low income entrepreneurs with no legitimate alternative access to capital to start and run their own micro enterprises. USA

Some Community Investing listings from the ODP