Innovative Finance for Immigrant Communities: Driving Impact through Investment

 Immigrant communities are engines of economic growth, yet they often face systemic barriers to financial inclusion and economic opportunity. This panel will explore how impact investing and innovative financial models can unlock economic opportunities for immigrants, empowering them as entrepreneurs, homeowners, and contributors to thriving local economies.

Featuring leaders in the field, this session will highlight pioneering approaches from the International Rescue Committee’s Center for Economic Opportunity (IRC-CEO), Just Community Inc., and REAL People’s Fund—three organizations demonstrating how mission-driven capital can foster financial equity and longer term economic and cultural power for immigrant and refugee communities.

Attendees will gain insights into:

– How community-based and inclusive financing models address credit and capital access gaps for immigrants.
– Real-world success stories showcasing immigrant-led entrepreneurship, credit building via consumer lending, and economic mobility.
– Investment opportunities that generate both financial returns and measurable social impact.

This discussion will challenge investors to rethink financial inclusion strategies and explore new ways to deploy capital for transformative impact in immigrant communities – ensuring that capital not only reaches immigrant families and entrepreneurs but also strengthens long-term economic power and community self-determination.