Invest Local

NST’s Community Impact Group allows local investors to own community solar projects that expand participation to low-income residents, small non-profits, and start-up businesses while allowing investors to use their tax liability to make positive economic and environmental returns.

The Group will link mission-minded investors with high-impact projects. Projects that can generate broad benefits to the community such as economic development and greenhouse gas reduction will additionally guide project selection. The Group has a 2019 target to finance $2.5M of nontraditional ventures, primarily focused on solar projects that can significantly lower electric bills of these underserved communities.

Opportunity. Investment. Impact.

The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund believes that one of the barriers that keeps people with low incomes from achieving greater self-sufficiency is a lack of access to credit. People and organizations that have or manage financial resources are willing to help their neighbors when they have a trusted mechanism to do so.

The NH Community Local Fund serves as a catalyst, leveraging financial, human, and civic resources to enable traditionally underserved people to participate more fully in New Hampshire’s economy.

Building a Better Future Through Local Investment

Established in 2015, the White River Investment Club (WRIC) is a group of local residents dedicated to creating a better future through local investing.

Their mission is to enable its members to make local investments which help themselves and their communities – and improve the overall quality of life in the White River watershed. WRIC Facebook page

Impact, Sustainability, Justice…OPPORTUNITY.

The Vermont Community Loan Fund creates opportunities that lead to healthy communities and financial stability for all Vermonters. The Vermont Community Loan Fund is a mission-driven, community-focused alternative lender. We provide loans and other resources to local businesses, community organizations & nonprofits, early care & learning providers and developers of affordable housing who don’t qualify for a loan from a traditional lender. We develop and promote innovative capital-based solutions to issues of poverty and opportunity. We’re invested in a stronger, healthier, happier Vermont.