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.
October Newsletter Now Online!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
October was a very busy month for the Capital Good Fund. Read all about CGF’s October activities in its October newsletter. Click here to access the newsletter.
CGF To Provide First FREE Business Training Workshop On October 31st
Sunday, October 18, 2009
After several months of hard work, CGF is ready to offer its first free business training workshop on October 31st from 3-5 PM. The workshop, taught over 5 consecutive weekends, will be held at the office of English for Action, 122 Manton Ave., Room 710 in Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island. Designed for individuals interested in a loan from CGF but who are not yet ready to apply, the workshop teaches basic business skills, such as saving, profit, marketing and cost-benefit analysis, and follows up with activities such as market analyses and profit and loss statements that enable participants to see if their business idea can be profitable. What makes the workshop truly unique, however, is the way in which it teaches these business basics within the context of green business products, services and practices; for example, in the lesson on cost-benefit analysis, participants learn why it is better to pay more up front for an energy-efficient appliance because, over time, it will be far cheaper to operate than the less-efficient appliance that has a lower up-front cost.
7 excited entrepreneurs have already signed up for the workshop (which will be taught in Spanish) and we are eager to report back on the success of the first class!
For more information and to sign up call us at 866-584-3651.
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September Newsletter Available Online
Friday, October 02, 2009
Read about CGF’s activities during the month of September! Click Here to access the September newsletter in pdf format.
CGF’s Innovative Green Business Curriculum Featured in Brown Daily Herald
CGF has been hard at work the past month adapting the Barefoot MBA program—an “open-source” basic business training curriculum designed for international microlenders—for our clients right here in Providence, Rhode Island. In addition to making the curriculum more relevant to the needs of our clients, CGF has also incorporated basis business concepts, such as the importance of paying the cost-premium for more efficient products that will pay for themselves over time, and made these concepts an integral part of the curriculum. The Brown Daily Herald recently wrote a story about CGF’s adaptation of the Barefoot MBA program—in part because the Barefoot program was developed by a Brown alumna, and because CGF is staffed and run by Brown students and alums. The article, titled “Business School takes its Shoes Off,” can be found here.
September Newsletter Available
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Interested to learn more about Capital Good Fund’s activity’s during the month of September? Click here to read our newsletter for the month of September in PDF format!
