Our Mission

Boston Community Capital is a community development financial intermediary whose mission is to create and preserve healthy communities where low-income people live and work. We do this by investing in projects that provide:

• affordable housing
• good jobs
• needed goods and services
• new opportunities for people who have been locked out of the economic mainstream

The capital that Boston Community Capital invests comes from socially concerned investors and donors -- individuals, religious organizations, banks, foundations and corporations.

Boston Community Capital recognizes that economic, social, and civic isolation for individuals and communities are barriers to healthy communities, economic independence, and wealth creation. Boston Community Capital creates a financial intermediary system that serves the needs of low-income and disadvantaged people and communities and connects them to the mainstream economy. It meets these needs by providing a range of financial vehicles, services and products and by acting as investment bankers in those communities. Boston Community Capital has two affiliates:

Boston Community Loan Fund provides loans to organizations and private developers for projects that provide housing, community facilities, and social services for low-income people and neighborhoods.

Boston Community Venture Fund makes equity investments in high-potential, emerging businesses that create a "double bottom line" of financial and social return to strengthen and build businesses that help to build healthy communities.

Boston Community Capital and its affiliates are certified community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Boston Community Capital, Boston Community Loan Fund and Boston Community Venture Fund are 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

Boston Community Capital serves low-income communities throughout Massachusetts and the Northeast. Good investment opportunities exist in these communities, yet access to capital through traditional channels remains limited. This is the gap that Boston Community Capital seeks to bridge.