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Introducing The Social Impact Investment Fund
Kalamazoo County’s greatest challenges call for immediate action, bold ideas and a commitment to invest in our community like never before.
The Social Impact Investment Fund is for donors who want to support transformative projects in affordable housing, infrastructure and community revitalization. They want to see innovations in local education and nonprofits as fixtures in their neighborhoods. They want more than charity — they want tangible impact and lasting change close to home.
When Vision Meets Capital, Change Happens
Our community is at a breaking point: Rising homelessness, limited affordable housing and visionary leaders blocked by a lack of access to capital.
Affordable Housing Development Out of Reach
High interest rates and construction costs make new affordable housing impossible to build.
Traditional Lenders 
Prioritize Financial Returns
Banks tend to favor high returns above all, leaving many mission-driven businesses and high-impact, lower return projects without funding.
Grants Are Competitive 
& Limited
When Projects Stall, 
Potential Is Lost
Kalamazoo County is full of untapped potential – leaders with solutions, entrepreneurs with lived experience, nonprofits ready to scale. When these champions get stuck, we’re all held back.
A New Kind of Funding for a 
New Kind of Future
The Social Impact Investment Fund is a first-of-its-kind fund dedicated to impact investing. This unique fund fuels impact investments — low-interest loans, equity investments, intermediary capital and more — to help local leaders bring bold solutions to life right where you live.
Unlike grants, these investments can be larger and more transformative.
Unlike traditional investments, the returns we seek are social, measurable and tangible for 
Kalamazoo County.
This isn’t just philanthropy. It’s strategy.
Pioneering Supporters: Join Us on the Journey!
As a donor to the fund, you are not just contributing dollars or even fueling change – you are helping to lead it. Tackling some of Kalamazoo County’s biggest challenges head on, your contribution is the spark that ignites transformative ideas and turns them into inspiring new realities.
Back the Biggest Projects
Be among the trailblazing supporters driving some of the most significant, visible and impactful projects in our community.
Scale Your Support
Power multiple high-impact initiatives simultaneously with a single strategic gift, creating a ripple effect of transformation.
Stay Dialed In
Receive exclusive, semi-annual updates detailing new deal activity, portfolio health and social impact as a result of your Social Impact Investment Fund dollars at work.
See the Difference
The impact of your dollars is tangible in new buildings, community spaces and neighborhood revitalization that you helped to create!
Invest With Us: Choose the Level That’s Right for You
Be a Part of Kalamazoo’s Boldest Fund Yet — Give Today

Give Online — It’s Fast & Easy!
Use our secure online form to make a one-time or recurring gift to the Social Impact Investment Fund.

Get Updates
You can opt in to receive semi-annual briefings on our deals, results and impact via email and snail mail.

See Your Impact in Action
Watch your dollars bring Kalamazoo County’s biggest local projects to life!

Considering a Larger Gift? Talk With Kate
We welcome investments of all sizes. If you’re considering a large investment, we’d love to connect with you personally.
Please contact our development advisor, Kate Huntington, via the email form or call 269.585.7267 to schedule a consultation and structure your investment one-on-one!
Big Challenges Deserve Bold Investors
When you contribute to the Social Impact Investment Fund, you’re not just donating dollars or writing a check — you’re backing a better future. You’re helping build housing that people can afford. You’re launching ideas that create jobs and reduce disparities. You’re empowering the leaders who know their communities best.
It’s not just generosity. It’s legacy.
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