News & Media
Announcing a $20,000 Matched Donation Campaign
Friday, February 19, 2010
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 June 1st, 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!
Launch of new Green Credit Builder Loan!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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!
CGF Presents to 60 Daycare Providers
Monday, February 08, 2010
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.
January Newsletter Now Available
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 Staff Travels to Bangladesh to Receive Training From Grameen Bank!
Saturday, January 02, 2010
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.
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.
