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Center for Impact Finance

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Making a Difference through Community Development

“If you get involved in community development work, it means you're basically an optimistic person because you believe that the work you can do can make a difference… And the thing about development at the community level: you actually can.” “If you get involved in community development work, it... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Michael Swack receiving the Gramlich Award.
    - Michael Swack Receives Gramlich Award
    On Oct.22, the Opportunity Finance Organizationawarded Michael Swack the 2019 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Finance, the community development finance... Read More
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    Here’s a bold forecast for the housing market in 2019: conditions will continue to be strained as affordable inventory gets snatched up quickly, leaving the least desirable and...
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    Michael Swack, professor and director, Center for Impact, Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH will present at the Greater Seacoast Housing Summit, held on Thursday, Nov. 2 from...
  • Carsey's Center for Impact Finance receives $222,000 grant
    - Carsey's Center for Impact Finance receives $222,000 grant
    We have some exciting news to share!The Center for Impact Finance (CIF) at the 鶹app’s Carsey School of Public Policy has been selected to receive $222,000... Read More
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    Eric Hangen, a researcher at the 鶹app who studies the impact of community development finance, would like to see that capacity grow. “You couldn’t ask for a...
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    Michael Swack, director for the Center for Impact Finance at the 鶹app, who’s worked in the United States and overseas in the field, explains,“We did a...
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    Each Investing in New Hampshire forum will feature an introduction to impact investing by Michael Swack, a professor at the 鶹app’s Carsey School for Public...