National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3)

Welcome to another Coalition Conversation with the National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3)! These short videos will be posted once a month and are designed to inform folks who are interested in learning about community capital, to engage those who are already familiar, and to tell the story to those who are partners and community capital professionals. This Coalition Conversation includes an overview of Commongrounds Cooperative in Traverse City, MI with Co-Executive Director, Kate Redmond?and NC3 CEO, Christopher Miller.?With the support of over 400 community investors, the community-funded, cooperative project raised $1.8M of the $18M total project. Kate shares how Commongrounds' investment crowdfunding campaigns fit into their broader fundraising, why they chose to pursue investment crowdfunding, and what promise this strategy holds for wealth-building in communities across the country. #communitycapital #NC3 #commongrounds #cooperative Related Resources: ?-?Commongrounds website: https://lnkd.in/gmf4_dNE ?-?Sustainable Economies Law Center: https://www.theselc.org/ ?-?PACE financing: https://lnkd.in/eXBrvPPn

This month's Coalition Conversation is with Kate Redmond, Co-Executive Director of Commongrounds Cooperative, a community-funded project in Michigan. The National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3)'s CEO, Christopher Miller, asks Kate to share about how Commongrounds' investment crowdfunding campaigns fit into their broader fundraising, why they chose to pursue investment?crowdfunding, and what promise this strategy holds for wealth-building in communities across the country. Tune in next week! #NC3 #communitycapital #coalitionconversations #crowdfunding #investment #wealthbuilding

The?National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) invites you to our in-person 2025 convening in East Lansing, MI, on March 7, 2025.?Changing the Paradigm: Mobilizing Community Investment Funds?will provide a deep dive into community investment funds to all interested in the community capital movement, including community builders, entrepreneurs, developers, and local investors. Join us to hear from those on the cutting edge of this work and get inspired through workshops with the professionals in the field. Registration details will be announced here on NC3's?LinkedIn?and?on our website?soon. In the meantime, be sure to save the date and spread the word! #communitycapital #NC3 #changingtheparadigm #communityinvestmentfunds

The National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) presented to a meeting of the Michigan Economic Developers Association on Thursday, November 7th.?David Palmer, long-time fan of community capital and NC3, and Board Chair Christopher Miller talked through the why and how of community capital as one of the day's keynote presentations.?David is the facilitator of one of NC3's first Diversified Community Investment Funds (DCIF), piloting the establishment of a DCIF in a hard-hit neighborhood in SW Detroit, where approximately 60% of the property, residential and commercial, has been demolished.?The DCIF will be used to build residential and commercial buildings, and to populate those new commercial spaces with?community-based businesses. #NC3 #MEDA #communitycapital #DCIF #detroit

Interested in Community Investment Funds??Looking for an opportunity to talk about them in a participant friendly and no cost environment? Join us for a facilitated resource-sharing discussion with others interested in building CIFs and/or considering joining our Accelerator Program. Participants lead the discussion topics and the open space offers relationship-building and multi-faceted support. Reach out if you would like to be included in our next meeting via?[email protected]. #NC3 #communitycapital #CIFs

The Diversified Community Investment Fund (DCIF) has the opportunity to empower all people to invest in their own community. In Rhode Island, the Local Return DCIF is providing the highest rate of return to the lowest income investors. Jessica David of Local Return explains more:

Opportunity energized the formation of NC3 and continues to propel our work today. Read our story here:

The Neighborhood Economics team are partners and friends of National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) and our work, and we encourage support for them in this time of need.

Welcome to NC3's Coalition Conversation! These short videos will be posted once a month, sometimes live and sometimes pre-recorded, meant to inform those learning about community capital, to engage those who are already familiar, and to introduce new nuances to those who are partners and community capital professionals. This Coalition Conversation includes an overview of the What? and Why? of the Diversified Community Investment Fund (DCIF) structure by NC3 Board Chair, Christopher Miller, and NC3 Board Member, Brian Beckon. NC3 worked with Jessica David and Local Return in Rhode Island to launch the first DCIF in the nation and the latter portion of this conversation includes that story. Related Resources: Securities and Exchange Commission - the entity regulating investments and investors, more information:?https://www.sec.gov/ Investment Company Act of 1940 - one of the securities regulations that continues to impact investments and investors, more information:?https://lnkd.in/eNtYTX4J) Investment Crowdfunding - the way in which non-accredited investors, everyday people, were empowered to invest via the JOBS Act in 2016, more information:?https://lnkd.in/eTz6axWW Diversified Community Investment Fund (DCIF) - the structure utilized by the Local Return team, more information:?https://lnkd.in/eBzED4DT Accelerator Program - the Program through which Jessica and the Local Return team worked with NC3 to structure and launch their DCIF, more information:?https://lnkd.in/eXH9fdMS Local Return - one of two organizations Jessica helped found to build and launch the DCIF, more information:?https://localreturn.org/ RI Community Investment Cooperative - the second organization Jessica helped found to build and launch the DCIF, more information:?https://lnkd.in/eFNM7U3h Michael Shuman - key founder of the local investing movement and the person who introduced community capital to Jessica and the Local Return team, Michael continues to educate folks through The Main Street Journal, which also publishes NC3's newsletter every other week, more information:?https://lnkd.in/eavpiZc5 To join NC3 as a member and to support more programs and resources to further the community capital movement, please visit:?https://lnkd.in/eUgSeHKf

The National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) will host a conversation next Tuesday for those interested in the Diversified Community Investment Fund (DCIF) - a structure through which community members are empowered to invest and deploy capital within their own community. Christopher Miller, NC3 Board Chair, and Brian Beckon, NC3 Board Member and attorney at PathLight Law, will introduce the nuances of the fund structure. Jessica David will then tell her story of building and launching the first DCIF in the nation, called Local Return. Join us to learn more!