CGF is excited to announce the release of social impact data for 2009. The report covers some basic information about CGF’s clients during its first year of operation, and plans for reaching out to even more low and moderate-income families. Click here to access the report!
We are very excited to announce that today we made our 4th citizenship loan—and 11th overall—to Melisa. The $875.00 covers 100% of the cost of her applying for United States citizenship. The photo above shows Melisa and her two adorable daughters—ages 1 and 7—just after receiving the loan! We look forward to more loans being made in the coming weeks.
To all of our supporters: we are excited to announced that a donor has pledged to match, dollar for dollar, every donation you make to CGF between today and March 31st, up to $20,000. This is an incredible opportunity for us to raise $40,000 at a time when we are ramping up our business loan, business workshop and citizenship loan and also launching our financial literacy workshop and groundbreaking green credit builder loan. Make your tax-deductible donation today by clicking here!
The Capital Good Fund is pleased to announce the launch of its new innovative loan product, the Green Credit Builder Loan. Click here to read more about the loan product. If you are interested in applying for the loan, please go here or contact us!
Andy Posner chats with members of the audience
On Saturday, February 6, Director Andy Posner and Loan Officer Sara Azout presented CGF’s products and services to a group of 60 low and moderate-income daycare providers at Ready to Learn Providence. The audience consisted of 60 female entrepreneurs, all of whom have their own daycare businesses throughout Rhode Island. As such, it was a perfect group to tell about CGF’s business loans and business workshops. In addition, many of the audience members were intrigued by CGF’s green credit builder loan, as they well understand the importance of having a solid credit score.
Andy and Sara not only walked away from the meeting with a large list of people who had written down their contact information so as to apply for loans and workshops, but also with a better understanding of the needs and concerns of CGF’s target market. For example, they received many questions pertaining to whether or not the interest rate on the loans is variable; whether collateral is required, and so on. Of course, the interest rate is not variable and CGf does not ask for collateral, but these questions emphasized the importance of making that fact abundantly clear. In short, CGF is thrilled to be reaching out so effectively to the community and homing in on exactly the people that stand to benefit most from what it has to offer.
We are excited to put out our January newsletter, outlining our major activities during the month of January. As always, we encourage our supporters to contact us with any questions, comments or suggestions. If you wish to sign up for the newsletter, shoot us an email at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or click the “Contact Us” tab above. Click here to access the newsletter.
CGF’s Director, Andy Posner, and Director of Business and Financial Literacy Training, Jill Lambiase, are currently in Bangladesh getting trained by Grameen Bank in their Nobel-Peace Prize winning lending methodology. The aim is for Jill and Andy to apply what they learn in Bangladesh to Capital Good Fund upon returning to the U.S. Throughout their trip they will be blogging; be sure to check the CGF blog, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages, for the latest updates. Click here to access the blog.
We are pleased to be selling a limited number of CGF holiday cards. These beautiful cards make a great holiday gift and are also an excellent way of spreading the message about CGF’s mission, loan products and services. To see more photos of these great holiday cards and to place an order, just continue reading. We will ship your cards the day after you place your order
Click the links below to see photos of the card, and place an order below!
This is where you can write a message to a loved on one on the card
Are you interested in becoming a Capital Good Fund staff member? We are currently accepting applications for Spring semester 2010 (starting January 31). CGF is a growing, young organization with an innovation mission and business model. We are seeking motivated, qualified and dedicated people that can devote at LEAST 5 hours per week to building a poverty-free, inclusive green economy through innovative microfinance and technical assistance. In particular, we are seeking a graphic designer, fundraisers, instructors for our business and fianncial literacy workshops, loan officers and marketing team members. Click here to access and fill out the application. If you have any questions or would like more information, email us at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
We are excited to release our newsletter for November. We recently upgraded to a better client for creating and sending out newsletters—Mailchimp—and we are quite pleased with the results. Send an email to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested in subscribing, and you can access the newsletter by clicking here.
