Achieving Sustainability, Scale, & Impact in Community Development Finance

Thursday, June 1, 2006

This web site has been set up in support of the Achieving Sustainability, Scale and Impact in Community Development Finance project co-sponsored by The Federal Reserve System and The Aspen Institute. Please use the links on this page to learn more about this project and to see the documentation from the conferences held to date.

If you have any questions regarding this project please contact Kirsten Moy of the Aspen Institute at kirsten.moy@aspeninst.org

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

The following materials were suggested reading prior to the Scale and Sustainability meeting held in New York May 22-23, 2006.

Workshop Flyer

Monday, March 13, 2006

The following materials were suggested readings prior to the EITC Charette in Chicago in March, 2006.

RevConceptPaper.doc

EITC Innovations 2005 synthesis.doc

Friday, January 13, 2006

The following materials were suggested readings prior to the Charette in San Francisco in January, 2006.

IDA Field Infrastructure Concept Paper_final.doc

LIIFChildCareConcept Paper1.doc

sf Fed Concept 12-13-05.doc

Shared Services Case Statement Draft.doc

How to Use this Website

Use the links to the left to learn more about the pre-conference materials from previous conferences. Use the links above to see documentation from past conferences. If you have any questions related to this web site or the conference series, please send an email.

Source Material

The basis of the conference series is a paper of key findings written by Kirsten Moy and Greg Ratliff of the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program

Click here to download the Presentation (2mb)
Additional Source Material includes: The original article on scale which appeared in the 2004 issue of Profitwise News and Views as well as the special edition of Profitwise News and Views which has the proceedings from the April of 2005 meeting which took place in Chicago.

The Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) advances innovative and promising strategies that connect the poor and underemployed to the mainstream economy. The program operates on the premise that alleviating poverty requires changing systems and transforming an individual’s relationship to money, work and assets. Additional information can be found here.

The Federal Reserve System and The Aspen Institute Present: Achieving Sustainability, Scale, & Impact in Community Development Finance