News & Media

Buy A Capital Good Fund Holiday Card!

Monday, December 21, 2009

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!

Front of the card

Inside of the card

This is where you can write a message to a loved on one on the card

Back of the card

Apply to Become a CGF Staff Member

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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).

Our November Newsletter Is Now Available!

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

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.

First Business Workshop Completed!

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

We have completed our first series of 5 business training workshops and graduated 9 students!  To see photos, learn more about the workshop and our future plans for business training, please click here.

CGF Hits Exciting Milestone As We Issue Our 10th Loan!

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

On November 15th we made our 10th loan to a local carpet installer who will use the $3,000 to buy tools and supplies in bulk so that he can spend more time earning profit from jobs and less time going back and forth to supply stores. We made our first loan in March and we have already lent out $22,675 to 9 amazing people since then!  As we look back on all that we have accomplished in our first year of operation, we are proud to have enabled 2 legal permanent residents to become United States citizens; to have trained 12 people through our 5-class business training workshop; and to have supported 6 entrepreneurs to start, grow and green their businesses.  We continue to receive numerous inquiries for our loans, and we are confident that in the next 12 months we will reach even more people more effectively than ever!

Thank you to everyone who has helped us to get to this point.