Calvert blends financial and social returns so that community investment can be a safe and logical option for all investors.

Grantee Profile

For over ten years, Calvert Foundation has been working to make community investment a safe and logical option for all investors seeking to make a positive social impact. By using investment capital to scale up nonprofit organizations and social enterprises, Calvert has helped lead the charge on Mission Related Investing

About Our Grants

In 2008, the Woodcock Foundation invested $100,000 in a Calvert Foundation Community Investment Note, a program related investment which was pooled with other capital investments and lent out at a below-market rate of return. Woodcock’s funds were earmarked for a below-market loan to fellow Woodcock grantee Pro Mujer, specifically for its Loan Fund.

In 1998, the Woodcock Foundation made a one-time grant of $75,000 to the Calvert Foundation.  We are pleased to re-engage Calvert Foundation as a grantee in 2009 with a $50,000 general operating grant to expand the organization’s capacity, maximize the flow of capital to disadvantaged communities, and create a more equitable and sustainable society.