Aeris Announces 33 New CDFI Ratings and 5 New Subscribers

Aeris® Rating Reports offer investors comprehensive financial and impact management analysis as well as reporting on impact activities and outcomes of rated CDFIs.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 14, 2022—Aeris®, the leading expert in the financial and impact performance of CDFIs and other private impact loan funds, announced today that it has issued new annual ratings on 33 CDFIs in the past seven months. Among these was the first-ever rating of New York, NY-based CDFI Inclusiv. In addition, four rated CDFIs—Self-Help Ventures Fund, Partner Community Capital, Inclusiv, and Genesis LA—each received a new, standalone Aeris® Impact Management Rating Report, which assesses and reports how a CDFI measures and manages impact.

Aeris® Rating Reports facilitate investments in CDFIs by offering investors comprehensive analyses of the fundamental impact, financial, and management components that indicate a CDFI’s strength and capacity to manage and weather changes in its operating environment.

Also today, Aeris announced five new subscribers to its information products. These include lenders, investors, and investment advisors engaged with CDFIs: Capital One, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Lumina Impact Ventures, Natural Investments, and Veris Wealth Partners. During the second half of 2021, Aeris introduced a new, free Fact Sheet subscription, with more than two dozen institutions accessing this service for the first time.

In addition to the in-depth analyses found in Aeris Rating Reports, Aeris subscribers utilize Aeris® Performance Maps and Aeris® Explorer, which track quarterly financial performance of rated and reporting CDFIs. Since August 2021, Aeris has added six CDFIs to its database: Cincinnati Development Fund, Community Housing Capital, Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, Neighborhood Housing Services of San Antonio, One Roof Community Lending, and Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone Inc.

Aeris has published the sixth in a series of quarterly trend reports on CDFI performance during the COVID crisis, based on its analysis of aggregated, anonymized CDFI performance data. Overall, CDFI loan fund performance through 9/30/21 continued to shine. While quality was strong, loans outstanding began to decrease.

The full list of Aeris-rated and reporting CDFIs can be found on Aeris’ website. Aeris issued the following new annual ratings in the past seven months:

CDFI Name Location Impact Area
Accompany Capital New York, NY Economic Security
Black Business Investment Fund Inc. (BBIF) Orlando, FL Economic Security
BlueHub Capital Boston, MA Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access, Housing
Building Hope Finance Washington, DC Education
Capital Impact Partners Arlington, VA Economic Security, Health and Food Access, Housing
Chicago Community Loan Fund Chicago, IL Economic Security, Housing
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA Minneapolis, MN Economic Security, Education, Health and Food Access, Housing
Corporation for Supportive Housing New York, NY Housing
Detroit Development Fund Detroit, MI Economic Security, Health and Food Access, Housing
Enterprise Community Loan Fund Columbia, MD Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access, Housing
Florida Community Loan Fund Orlando, FL Economic Security, Health and Food Access, Housing
Genesis LA Los Angeles, CA Housing, Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund Saint Paul, MN Housing
Homewise Santa Fe, NM Economic Security, Environmental Sustainability, Housing
Housing Partnership Network Boston, MA Economic Security, Education, Housing
Impact Development Fund Loveland, CO Housing
Inclusiv New York, NY Economic Security, Environmental Sustainability, Housing
Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Indianapolis, IN Housing
Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation London, KY Economic Security, Health and Food Access
Leviticus Fund Tarrytown, NY Economic Security, Education, Health and Food Access, Housing
LiftFund San Antonio, TX Economic Security, Education
Midwest Housing Development Fund Omaha, NE Housing
NCALL Research Fund Dover, DE Economic Security, Environmental Sustainability, Housing
NeighborWorks Capital Corporation Silver Spring, MD Housing
Nonprofit Finance Fund New York, NY Economic Security, Education, Health and Food Access
Opportunity Finance Network Washington, DC Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access, Housing
Partner Community Capital Charles Town, WV Economic Security, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access
Partners for the Common Good Washington, DC Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access, Housing
Pathway Lending Nashville, TN Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Housing
Reinvestment Fund Philadelphia, PA Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access, Housing
ROC USA LLC Concord, NH Housing
Self-Help Ventures Fund Durham, NC Economic Security, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Food Access, Housing
The Housing Fund Nashville, TN Housing

 

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Aeris is the leading expert in the financial and impact performance of CDFIs and other private impact loan funds. Drawing upon our in-depth knowledge, we guide capital to good by providing indispensable tools and solutions to more than 200 corporate, government, and philanthropic CDFI investors and other stakeholders. Since 2004, Aeris® Ratings, analyses, and data have grown to cover more than 150 CDFIs managing more than $19 billion in loan capital. Contact Aeris for more information.