community investment
Neighborhood financial support
Community investment refers to the allocation of money, time, or resources into local areas or populations, typically to improve economic conditions, infrastructure, or social well-being.
Financial institutions may engage in community investment through loans to underserved neighborhoods or support for affordable housing projects.
The term also extends to corporate giving programs and individual efforts to strengthen local organizations.
The bank's community investment initiative funded small business development in rural areas.
- job creationEstablishing new work positions
- small business loansCredit for modest enterprises
- childcare centersFacilities supervising young ones
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
- grassroots campaignCitizen-led political effort
neighborhood watch · public schools · credit union · food banks · renewable energy projects · poverty alleviation · microfinance · advocacy campaigns · mural · social enterprises · volunteer programs · block party · workforce training · social capital · civic engagement · urban green spaces · impact investing · town hall meetings
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- business ethicscode of conduct, ethics code, codes of conduct, ethics training, ethics committee
- social justiceracial justice, privilege, white privilege, economic justice, equal opportunity
- cooperative financeco-op, cooperative, credit union, credit unions, cooperative bank
community investmentpredatory lending
Exploitative loan terms
vulture capitalism · rent-seeking · exploitation · speculative trading · self-interest
community investmentcapital flight
Rapid outflow of investments
disinvestment · redlining · absentee ownership · resource extraction · outsourcing
community investmentdisinvestment
Withdrawing capital from assets
asset stripping · resource extraction · redlining · defunding