We Activate Community Focused Capital
Locus is a CDFI that creates access to capital by developing community partnerships and innovative tools to tackle systemic challenges and advance promising opportunities.
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About Locus
Pursuing Economic
Prosperity for All
We envision a world where all people and places have the capital and ecosystem partners needed to realize prosperous futures.
As a community development financial institution, we advance high-impact, community-led projects that support small business growth, housing affordability, clean energy innovation, and healthy food access.
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Our Solutions
Tools of Transformation
Through community development financing, ecosystem coordination, and credit enhancements, we make a real impact in places where people live, work, and raise their families.
Over our two decades of work, we’ve used those tools to generate more than $5 billion in nationwide impact, achieved alongside collaborators who share our commitment to mission‑driven innovation.
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See Our Impact
Read our 2024 Impact Report, Courageous Financing. The stories in this report highlight not only what we’ve done, but how we’ve done it: through deep partnership, bold experimentation, and a belief that progress requires persistence.
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Our Partners
Collaborating to Improve
Health & Wealth
Investments in community-led solutions produce greater impact and outcomes.
Our investors agree that access to capital is vital to every community’s success and growth. By collaborating with Locus, you ensure your dollars have maximum local impact.
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