Community Developers and Investors have two different ROI business models with different outputs.
Typically, Investors focus on the return on investment and decide whether acceptable projects are in line with their funding source metrics.
Community Developers tend to focus on Return on Impact in a community that is not always in line with typical funding source metrics.
The challenge we face is that the greatest value we create is not reflected on a balance sheet.
It is recognized in the kids’ lives that we gave a second chance to and mentored…
The opportunity we gave the port worker who lost his job but needed to support his family…
The homeowner from a community based organization who never thought she’d own a home.
