Religious Bond Strategy Overview
WHO WE ARE
Founded in 1998, Community Capital Management (CCM) specializes in
managing fixed income Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)/impact
investing portfolios. To date, CCM has $2 billion in assets and has invested
over $6.7 billion in ESG/impact initiatives nationwide on behalf of its clients.
CCM’S RELIGIOUS BOND STRATEGY
Appropriate for: church dioceses, religious orders, hospitals, ministries
and universities
CCM has been buying bonds that finance community development initiatives
since 1999. This approach is proactive, positive and does not employ any
negative screening. Community development initiatives include:
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Affordable Housing
Enterprise Development
Redevelopment of Blighted Communities
Environmental Sustainability
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Affordable Healthcare
Education/Child Welfare
Healthy Communities
Disaster Recovery
The religious strategy also follows the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishop’s socially responsible investment guidelines.
CCM’s positive fixed income impact investing strategy is an opportunity for
religious organizations to enter the market with new sources of capital that
benefit people, communities, and families in need.
“Impact investors are those
who are conscious of the
existence of serious unjust
situations, instances of
profound social inequality and
unacceptable conditions of
poverty affecting communities
and entire peoples…
Investments of this sort are
meant to have positive social
repercussions on local
communities, such as the
creation of jobs, access to
energy, training and increased
agricultural productivity.”
-Pope Francis,
“Investing For The Poor”
Vatican Symposium on Impact
Investing (2014)
CCM’S ADVANTAGE
CCM actively manages bond portfolios that seek to provide investors with above-average,
risk-adjusted returns while financing community development initiatives.
A benefit is the
ability for investors to customize their bond portfolio to positively align with their social
areas(s) of focus or geographies. We believe our approach provides an added layer of
investment transparency by detailing the use of bond proceeds and providing
comprehensive reports on the community initiatives being financed. Many of our
community investments have multiple components and benefits such as affordable
housing, job creation, childcare, and neighborhood revitalization.
GETTING STARTED
CCM manages bond portfolios within two investment vehicles: separately managed accounts (minimum: $10 million) and a
mutual fund (minimums vary per share class).
For investments over $500,000 in the institutional share class of the mutual
fund and for all separate accounts, quarterly impact reports are provided detailing, dollar for dollar, the community
development initiative and benefit for each investment earmarked.
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. CCM BOND EXAMPLES
Heritage Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Heritage Park redevelopment on Minneapolis’ near northside transformed a 145-acre
vacant site that formerly contained the Sumner Field, Glenwood, Lyndale and Olson
public housing developments into a stable, affordable and sustainable urban
neighborhoods. Sumner Park, a/k/a Near Northside Phase 1A, is an affordable rental
property with 120 units of affordable housing that resides in the Heritage Park community
which is in a low-income census tract.
Heritage Park offers residents many benefits, including but not limited to:
• Biking/hiking trails and a fitness center;
• Homework help, gardening and cooking programs;
• Convenient access to farmers markets and downtown Minneapolis;
• Close proximity to elementary, vocational schools and city parks;
• Community and conference rooms; and
• Health programs for seniors.
Photo: © danielseguin.ca
Highland Hospital, Clarksburg, West Virginia
Highland Hospital Association, d/b/a Highland Hospital, is a 150-bed behavioral health
hospital started in 1955. It was developed in consultation with the West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources and various federal agencies with the goal to
better serve the behavioral health case volumes in the state, which were being either
referred out-of-state or left untreated altogether due to a shortage of psychiatric hospital
beds in the state. Major renovations have significantly upgraded the infrastructure to meet
behavioral health licensing standards, current building and fire code requirements, and to
ensure the separation of patient populations.
The new facility offers both youth and adult services as well as acute care services for use by the Military and Veterans.
Highland Hospital is located in an area designated as “Medically Underserved” by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). All counties in the service area are designated by the
federal government as a health professional shortage area for mental health services. The census tract is also designated as
“Distressed or Underserved”.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CCM’S RELIGIOUS BOND STRATEGY, PLEASE CONTACT:
James Malone, CFA
Director of Investment Platforms
jmalone@ccmfixedincome.com
877-272-1977
Community Capital Management, Inc.
is a Florida-based investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The securities identified and described herein are current
holdings and for illustrative purposes. Their selection was based upon nonperformance criteria, such as the security’s
social and/or environmental attributes.
Impact figures mentioned in this report are approximate values. Past
performance does not guarantee future results. Market conditions can vary widely over time and can result in a loss of
portfolio value.
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