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Impact Investing
Impact investing can play a significant role in addressing the racial equity gap in the US by directing capital towards initiatives and businesses that support underserved communities of color. By prioritizing investments in areas such as housing, education, healthcare, and minority-owned businesses, impact investors can help create economic opportunities, foster financial inclusion, and reduce systemic disparities.
At Windy Pines, we’re committed to deploying our capital in investments that provide a financial and social return consistent with our values and purpose. While we’re just starting up this path, we commit to providing transparency in our efforts to move from traditional market financial instruments to community and movement investments that seek to further our mission.
Boston Impact Initiative
Boston Impact Initiative (BII) aims to advance economic and racial justice by building a sustainable and inclusive economy where entrepreneurs and communities of color have financial, social, and political power. BII raises capital to invest in social business enterprises and community-owned or controlled real estate to prevent displacement in Massachusetts and the Northeast.
In addition to two years of general operating support in the amount of $50,000 per year, we’re excited to share that Windy Pines Foundation has also invested $500,000 in BII’s Fund 2.
Colorado Housing Accelerator Initiative (CHAI)
CHAI is an impact-first social enterprise committed to a shared prosperity model that pools mission-driven capital and deploys it to middle-income housing projects in Colorado. In 2024, Windy Pines Foundation made a $500,000 investment to support housing for working families in El Paso, Pueblo, and Huerfano counties.