CFNE has always had strong support fromthe faith-based community and socially responsible investment sector. individuals account for nearly one-fourth of the investor mix. increasingly, cooperatives themselves are becoming CFNE investors as well as borrowers.
"CFNE took on the hard part of the market…and succeeded in meeting the needs of borrowers while
also providing investors with a reasonable rate of interest and a leveraged social impact. That's pretty
exciting!"
Amy Domini
"Cooperative [are} an economic model that promotes value not just externally but internally...So we fund
CFNE and they fund the Co-op.”
Corinne Florek, Mercy Partnership Fund
One thing bothered Marian Coulter when the Boston-area resident inherited a large sum of money from her grandmother in tthe early 1996.Her inheritance.. was inveted in energy conglomerates and oteh companies that she "stongly disapproved of.". .. Click here to learn how she solved the problem.
"It can take a while to undo some of the misconceptions of a traditional financial education that sees these investments as too risky or having too low a rate of return. But our Trustees have become comfortable with certain SRI funds, and tha includes CFNE."
Toni Gold, Social Responsibility Fund/ Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
