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Join the 1% in Community Campaign

The Social Investment Forum Foundation and Co-op America’s 1% in Community Campaign asks people like you to allocate 1% or more of your total portfolio to community investments. Diverting one percent has a minimal impact on your overall returns, but it can make a big difference for communities.

And it’s easy to get started.  Simply open a checking or savings account, money market account, or CD at a community development bank or credit union.  Many of these institutions offer market rate returns and investments are federally insured up to $100,000, just like investments in a conventional banking institution.

Or, invest in a community investment fund that has even higher impact in communities in need.

If all socially responsible investors—people who invest with their values—put 1 percent of their portfolios into community investments, it would triple the dollars put into rebuilding disadvantaged communities, from $5 billion in 2000 to $15 billion. $15 billion to build more day care centers and schools. $15 billion to provide micro-loans to single parents or former welfare recipients wanting to start small businesses. $15 billion to help a low-income family build a home, save for their children’s education, or pay debts.

We can do it together. Check out the Community Investing Resource Center to find community investing options that work for you. 

Institutional Investors: visit the Community Investing Resource Center to learn more about the 1% in Community Campaign for Investment Professionals.

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