Transform Finance is a research and implementation partner that supports investors and social change actors to challenge legacy investment approaches, seed transformative investment models, and build movement power.
We are looking at how capital allocation decisions affect outcomes of racial justice across industries and asset classes, from municipal financing that leads to displacement, to a variety of public and private companies that profit off of the prison-industrial complex, to job loss from private equity-led consolidation in retail.
Those capital allocation decisions represent a root cause of racial injustice that investors can act on right now: all capital, regardless of the industry or asset class, needs to incorporate a racial justice analysis into its process.
2020 Transform Finance Institute for Social Justice Leaders
The seventh edition of Transform Finance's Institute for Social Justice Leaders has been converted to an accessible online experience. Through dynamic discussion and interactive activities, participants explore why finance matters and how organizations can work strategically to pressure, influence or even engage with asset owners and managers — either to change the behavior of mainstream capital or to build funds driven not by profit but community well-being.
Bring a Local Institute to
Your City or Region!
Based on growing demand for inclusive, community-centered approaches to capital, we’ve taken our Institutes to cities and regions around the country. We’ve learned a lot – and our participants have too – and we’re currently taking applications for future Local Institutes. If you want to help leaders in your community learn more about how capital affects them, and what they can do about it, let us know!
WITH COMMUNITIES
WITH INVESTORS
BUILDING A BRIDGE
TRANSFORMATIVE FINANCE PRINCIPLES
1) Projects are primarily designed, governed, and where feasible owned by communities.
2) Investments add more financial value than they extract.
3) The financial relationship fairly balances risks and returns among all stakeholders.
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We at Transform Finance have just completed a 7-part Discussion Series on Grassroots Community Engaged Investment (GCEI), building on our 2021 report and presenting the experiences of organizers, practitioners, and funders. While we will miss having that space for deep learning and discussion, we were thrilled to learn so much from speakers and participants and want to share back with you some of what came out of the series and what we’re doing going forward.