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                LOCUS empowers place-focused foundations to invest their capital locally to build prosperous, vibrant communities.

Foundation leaders who care about place are looking for an “on-ramp” to local investing for impact. To build the capacity of place-focused foundations to make direct community investments, Virginia Community Capital with the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship created a social enterprise called LOCUS Impact Investing. LOCUS can help foundations by assessing the landscape for deals, conducting due diligence, and then servicing and monitoring these community investments. Building on their collective expertise, LOCUS offers a continuum of solutions for foundations and donors as they define their role in this new era of community investing. Learn more about this unique partnership.

News & Events

July 11, 2017
byDon Macke

Don Macke offers thoughts on his personal search for solutions to the challenge of rural community prosperity in this blog post.

July 6, 2017

Patrick Duggan with Pacific Community Ventures writes about the continued rise of place-based impact investing including CDFIs as an effective way to reach under-served communities. The article also discusses local investing and wealth building in Colorado and social impact bonds in Massachusetts.

June 28, 2017
byDeb Markley

Deb Markley, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship and Senior Vice President of LOCUS, discusses why she is so passionate about rural economic development and what she sees for its future.

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