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The Fund Aims to Increase People of Color-Led Business Ownership and Close Wealth Gaps. Known to house both the Living Cities Catalyst III fund and the team who powers it.
May 23, 2023
Funds from the Citi Foundation and the Wells Fargo Foundation to support cities in closing racial gaps in homeownership and small business ownership
Mar 29, 2023
CAEL, Living Cities and Main Street America named as anchor partners for the initiative
Jan 30, 2023
Mayor Melvin Carter, and St. Paul-based McKnight Foundation CEO Tonya Allen to address attendees
Jul 19, 2022
May 3, 2022
Twenty-one cities join the Closing the Gaps Network and commit to transform homeownership and small business ecosystems to better support the success of people of color
March 8, 2022
New CEO Comes as Living Cities Marks 30 Years Uniting World’s Largest Foundations and Financial Institutions to Tackle Systemic Inequities in America
July, 13 2021
With the investment in Mission Driven Finance, Living Cities’ Blended Catalyst Fund (BCF) will help close capital gaps to close opportunity gaps
March 2, 2021
City Leaders Across Sectors will Engage in Anti-Racist Practices Over the Next Decade to Close Racial Income and Wealth Gaps
Feb 25, 2021
Today, Living Cities’ Blended Catalyst Fund (“BCF”), announced a capital investment in Jacmel Growth Partners (“Jacmel”), a growth private equity…
Dec 17, 2020
With the investment in Aux21 Capital, Living Cities’ Blended Catalyst Fund (BCF) will test an innovative approach to closing racial income and wealth gaps in U.S cities and expand its support of fund managers of color.
Dec 08, 2020
Today, Living Cities and Citi Foundation released a guide for cities across the country to implement systems that work to close racialized wealth gaps during COVID-19 and beyond. You can view the full implementation guide here.
Oct 26, 2020
Last week, Living Cities released their annual report, which focuses this year on the organization’s continued commitment to operate through a lens of healing justice, dismantle white supremacy, and actively work toward a pro-Black stance as an institution.
Sep 29, 2020
ighteen of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions have re-committed to work together for another three years within Living Cities, a long-standing collaborative. This marks the tenth time that these institutions have committed to harness their collective resources to support local communities
Feb 27, 2020
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