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Affordable Housing Call, Microfinance and Local Currency Lending

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:59:34 -0500

Leading Microfinance Groups...Calvert Foundation's First Local

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The Junction - February 2008

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FORBES ARTICLE ON MICROFINANCE HIGHLIGHTS CALVERT FOUNDATION...

Forbes: Microfinance Fever

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:28:35 -0500

Read the entire post at forbes.com

Here are ways do-gooders can join in:

MicroPlace.com, launched by Ebay this past October, is a regulated broker-dealer that sells microfinance loans online as securities through the Calvert Social Investment Foundation and Oikocredit USA. Most such securities mature in three years and yield 3%. You need as little as $100 to get in. The Web site has attracted $500,000 so far. The prospectus can be found on the site.

So-called microfinance investment vehicles typically either resell a basket of debts...

Celebrating our 3rd Social Capitalist Award

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:46:27 -0500

THE JUNCTION: DECEMBER 2007 CALVERT FOUNDATION’S eNEWSLETTER Connecting Investors to Communities

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CALVERT FOUNDATION WINS THIRD SOCIAL CAPITALIST AWARD!

Calvert Foundation is celebrating its third year in a row winning a Social Capitalist Award from Fast Company magazine and Monitor Group. This year’s awards feature 45 nonprofits who use the tools of business to solve the world’s most pressing s...