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What I Learned From 2020

What I Learned From 2020

It’s funny how 12/31 is a special date in our brains that denotes a stop and a start. I would imagine 12/31/20 is one of the most sought-after transitions ever - but before we get there it’s important to look back and think about what we’ve learned or were reminded of...

Impact Investing: Start by Listening

Impact Investing: Start by Listening

Impact investing is a great way to create deeper, more meaningful intergenerational relationships with your clients. Here are 10 questions to help get the conversation started. Are you interested in becoming more connected with your investments?Is it helpful to know...

Start With Your Why

Start With Your Why

Open up your inbox and you'll see countless emails mentioning "the unprecedented time we are in." Nobody needs to be reminded of this, so I'll spare you the rehashing of the events that have unfolded in 2020. The grand finale crisis of 2020 seems to have culminated in...

Our newest Impact Platform Partner

Our newest Impact Platform Partner

CommonGood Capital is excited to welcome Verdant Capital to our Impact Investing Platform. With offices in Johannesburg, Ebene, Accra, Kinshasa and Lagos, Verdant Capital is a well-known provider of debt and equity capital to Inclusive Financial Institutions ("IFIs")...

OZ Fund FactRight Report

OZ Fund FactRight Report

The third-party Due Diligence Report for the Alliant Strategic Opportunity Zone Fund I LLC has recently been issued by FactRight. This report is only available through the FactRight Report Center website. If you already have an account with FactRight,...

Opportunity Zone Gain Extension

Opportunity Zone Gain Extension

Did you know that investors with capital gains realized as far back as October 2019 still have through the end of this year to take advantage of a compelling, bipartisan tax-incentivized investment program? Opportunity Zone rules originally provided 180 days for...

We Started a Podcast

We Started a Podcast

We are proud to launch today 'A New Lens' - a new podcast that features conversations between Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, and investors, RIAs, fund managers and philanthropists about their experiences within different impact investing themes as well as...

Alliant Strategic Invests in Opportunity Zone Workforce Housing

Alliant Strategic Invests in Opportunity Zone Workforce Housing

Alliant Strategic Investments recently announced the closing of an investment in Farmdale Apartments, a North Hollywood property located in an Opportunity Zone, that will become 26 units of workforce and affordable housing. Four of the units will be set aside for...

Can Capitalism Save America? Part II

Can Capitalism Save America? Part II

Last newsletter I wrote about the need for each of us to look at ourselves and figure out how we are using our time, talent, and treasure for the common good. This is ultimately what we can control in a world that increasingly feels out of control. But what...

Workforce Housing And Opportunity Zones: Needed More Than Ever

Workforce Housing And Opportunity Zones: Needed More Than Ever

Jeff Lee walks us through the shortage of workforce housing that can be found across America and the realities of COVID-19 and the ensuing economic fallout that is disproportionally impacting lower wage earners - and how Opportunity Zones, created in The Tax Cut and...

Are Opportunity Zones Going Away?

Are Opportunity Zones Going Away?

Opportunity Zones have recently received additional scrutiny and there have even been proposals to repeal the regulations. It’s important to remember that the Opportunity Zones provision is based on a bipartisan act, which was championed by Senators Tim Scott (R-SC)...

96 Hours Per Week

96 Hours Per Week

Since the start at CommonGood, we have been long on solutions to the housing affordability issues in this country both as an investment and a way to positively impact people and communities. Clean, safe, affordable housing - you have probably heard us say it a hundred...

Nike Partners with EFM

Nike Partners with EFM

As part of Move to Zero, Nike’s journey towards a zero carbon and zero waste future, they’ve partnered with EFM to offset the carbon emissions generated in the outbound shipment of all Nike.com purchases in the Unites States... Read more.

Can Capitalism Save America?

Can Capitalism Save America?

It’s hard looking at the impacts of COVID-19, along with the racial and political conflict in the U.S., and not be totally discouraged. Everything is so divisive on all sides, and dialogue and disagreement are almost not allowed. COVID is the tip of the iceberg...

Opportunity Zones and Joe Biden’s 2020 Tax Plan

Opportunity Zones and Joe Biden’s 2020 Tax Plan

Presidential candidate and former Vice President, Joe Biden, recently released announced a tax plan to, among other things 1) remove the preferential tax rate on long-term capital gains (“LTCG”) for taxpayers earning more than $1 million annually, 2) revert the top...

We Agree on Opportunity Zones

We Agree on Opportunity Zones

As a country we don't agree on everything, but when it comes to Opportunity Zones, an innovative approach to spurring long-term private sector investments in low-income communities nationwide, the history is clear - they've been bi-partisan from the beginning... "The...

Affordable Housing Primer

Affordable Housing Primer

Access to safe and affordable housing is a foundational component of any society. Each and every day, thousands of families are on the search for a suitable place to live. It may be a small urban apartment, a midsized suburban tract home, or a rural ‘McMansion’, but...

Giving Orlando a LIFT

Giving Orlando a LIFT

During these times of severe unrest, we all need not only threads of hope, but also positive action with measurable results. Right here in our hometown of Orlando, Florida, LIFT Orlando is exactly that. This non-profit organization is making a difference in the lives...