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Jamine Moton is a CNote Success Story

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CNote helps institutions invest capital into underserved communities at scale

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Impactful

CNote's deposit and impact investment programs create jobs, fund BIPOC-owned small businesses and support affordable housing development

Proven

CNote partners with federally-certified community lenders (CDFIs) that have decades of experience investing locally

Inclusive

CNote is a women-led certified B-Corporation that uses technology to foster greater economic and racial justice through investment

Scalable

CNote technology empowers institutions to align their deposits and investments with the causes that matter to them

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Create Real Change

Deposits from institutional partners like “Mastercard and the Mastercard Impact Fund who collectively deployed $20 million into Impact CashTM (formerly Promise Account)”1 help fund PPP loans for organizations like Brighter beginnings so they could continue to provide health services for children and families in low-income communities across California’s East Bay during the pandemic. 

Connect Capital to Causes

Empower Communities

Thanks to forward-thinking corporations and funders like the San Francisco Foundation, Phil & Anne no longer have to worry about affordable housing. A CNote partner CDFI helped them, and 51 other renters, form a cooperative and source financing to purchase their mobile home park. 

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Further Economic Justice

CNote’s technology and network of community partners make it easy to deploy capital to help entrepreneurs like Clara, who expanded her flooring business with a small business loan funded by impact investors like PayPal

“CNote brings a nationwide network of community partners and the expertise to know when and where capital is needed. They also know how to work with a corporate finance department, and made it easier for us to broaden and deepen our efforts to help underserved communities of color thrive.”

-Aaron Anderson, Treasurer, PayPal

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CNote by the Numbers

totals and averages since inception

Over 4,000 Jobs created or maintained

Over 50% of capital invested into BIPOC-led small businesses

Over 40% of capital invested into women-led small businesses, 8x the national average2

Zero Losses

We Report Impact Data and Produce Rich Stories to Share with Your Stakeholders

CNote Success Stories

The CNote Difference

Authentic

A women-led diverse team on a mission to close the wealth gap through financial innovation.

Efficient

Our technology makes it easy to manage a large community investment program.

Impact

We measure and regularly report on the impact of your investments, including deep community investment profiles.

Access

CNote provides scalable investment access to a nationwide network of organizations federally certified for their commitment to financial inclusion.

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