We track impact on three levels:

  1. Family (does the investment help people meet their financial goals?)
  2. Tenants (do businesses and non-profit tenants perform better from being a part of the CIT?)
  3. Community (do people vote, join neighborhood groups, advocate for themselves and their neighborhoods?)

Through these three areas of impact, we have seen that the CIT addresses long-standing community economic development and policy challenges in neighborhoods of financial inclusion, equitable development and inclusive growth. We are primarily interested in addressing asset poverty and inclusion by providing access to long-term investments. We want to test the intersection of the resiliency of individuals and neighborhoods, and the behavioral changes that manifest through ownership, participation, and engagement. We also anticipate greater success of the tenants in the CIT buildings because of the imbedded market of potential customers who are owners of the property. We believe in the power of people taking advantage of opportunities to advance their financial standing. In surveys we conduct annually, investors (majority of women, renters and low-income, BIPOC/ immigrants and refugees) report a desire to invest, especially in real estate, and that they prefer to own real estate in their local neighborhood with businesses which they know and will support. 98% recommend the investment to their friends and colleagues.