Equity Loan Funds for Scale-Up Firms (1.2)

In June 2020, Comcast NBCUniversal announced the development of a comprehensive, multi-year plan to allocate $75 million in cash and $25 million in media over the next three years to fight injustice and inequality against any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or ability.  The next round of the Comcast RISE Investment Fund has been announced, which includes

Craft3 is a Seattle-based Community Development Financial Institution. Its last five-year strategic plan (2018-2022) calls for investments of $200 – $300 million in small businesses in Washington and Oregon, with an emphasis on businesses owned by people of color, women, immigrants, and veterans. Craft 3 reserves the bulk of its capital for loans in the

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), one of the country’s largest community development organizations, is ramping up its investment activity in the Puget Sound region, opening a full-service program office here with a top economic development official at its helm. Brian Surratt, who previously served as director of the city of Seattle’s Office of Economic