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An Annual Showcase of Impact Investment Fund Managers

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ImpactAssets 50

An Annual Showcase of Impact Investment Fund Managers

IA 50 2025 PROFILE

Community Credit Lab

Total Assets Under Management: Less than $25M
Asset Class: Private Debt - Absolute Return / Notes
Primary UN Sustainable Development Goal: 10 – Reduced Inequalities
Financial and Economic Inclusion
Place-based Impact
Racial Equity and Justice

Firm Overview

Category: Fund of Funds

Community Credit Lab (CCL), an affiliated 501(c)3 nonprofit entity of Common Future, powers community-led solutions that advance racial justice and economic equity with catalytic capital. CCL has two primary goals: (1) To provide catalytic capital and back office lending support to emerging funds and fund managers that build economic power and ownership; (2) To be an investment model for others in the ecosystem that showcases the type of capital and non-financial resources needed to invest in solutions designing the next economy. We support innovators across the country–tackling food and farm justice, property ownership, and business development–all of which put capital and power in the hands of Black and Indigenous communities. We are building a future that serves all—one built by challenging the status quo and advocating for equitable, impactful investment strategies that honor community and cultural values. 

Firm Headquarters: United States
Years of Operation: 5 – 9 years
Total Assets Under Management:
Less than $25M
Total Number of Investors: Less than 5
% of Capital from Top 3 Investors: Less than 25%
Investment Thesis:

To realize a vision of economic equity, we must center, uplift, and support solutions designed by people most proximate to the harm and challenges of racism and economic extraction and that enable community-level power and wealth building. 

Investment Overview:

There are many root causes for racial and economic inequality. The focus of the CCL Fund is to address one root cause: the primary goal of our financial system—the accumulation of capital or wealth without bounds or consideration of the negative externalities that result from a singular focus. Racial capitalism is about extracting value from Black and Indigenous communities; therefore, we need to invest in and lift up solutions that center these communities. We believe that increasing access to capital, increasing affordability of capital, and shifting power over community investments will address racial and economic inequality because they directly address why capital does not flow equitably in all communities. This fund will demonstrate how organizations deeply rooted in community can create highly effective strategies for creating community wealth and well-being with technical assistance and early catalytic capital.

Company Differentiator:

We are multiracial, women-led, with a staff and board that are both majority people of color. We are audacious, expansive, and unapologetic thinkers and doers who bring lived experience to the problems we tackle. We rethink conventional notions of risk, return, and wealth—pushing for a paradigm shift toward capital that benefits communities rather than concentrating wealth. We’ve already proven non-extractive loans are possible through the success of our Character-Based Lending pilot. Now, we’re focusing on lending models and emerging funds that prioritize community self-determination, cultural power, and impact. Our Community Credit Lab Board—run by a majority of women of color—ensures we are truly responsive to the needs of our community, from design to distribution of funds. We work closely with internal staff with lived expertise of the communities served about the needs of Black and Indigenous communities to design a fund built for community-rooted solutions.

Investment Example

The intersection between food environment and economic opportunity is pronounced with recent, imminent climate challenges. Initiatives have relied on complex lending programs, highlighting innovative, equity-driven financial tools are critical to promoting equity in food-oriented local development projects. In 2024, we partnered with Kitchen Table Advisors to provide Latina farmers in California access to emergency capital through 0% interest loans. Governing body comprises 14 Latina farmers from Central Coast region–where funds are distributed–and an advisory board of 4 farmers (governing council members), 2 staff, Manzanita Capital Collective as community-based lending advisor, and 1 community member. Functioning on trust, this initiative offers a more equitable, empathetic avenue for delivering financial services to farmers who have historically faced barriers due to discrimination in the industry. Ultimately, this program aims to assist Latina farmers in achieving their business and community-oriented objectives. We look forward to reporting on the impact in the years to come.

Leadership and Team

Cumulative Leadership Experience in Impact Investing:
10 – 19 years
Cumulative Impact Experience of Top Three Firm Leaders:
10 – 19 years
Sandhya Nakhasi – Co-CEO More Info

Sandhya Nakhasi is an executive leader and champion of a more equitable financial system. She is Co-CEO at Common Future after serving as MD of Impact Investments, using an experimental approach to grow a portfolio of field-defining, equitable lending, community-led investment programs. Before CF acquired Community Credit Lab, Sandhya was Co-Founder—serving as Chief Investment Officer, subsequently as Executive Director—leading the design of affordable, accessible, place-based lending programs.

Jaime Gloshay – Managing Director of Impact Investments More Info

Jaime, a fierce advocate for economic justice, is the Managing Director of Impact Investments at Common Future, driving catalytic capital into community-rooted organizations. She co-developed the Justice Funders' Just Transition in Investment Framework and serves on the governing bodies of UpTogether, Kiva U.S., and Justice Funders. Appointed by the Governor of New Mexico in 2020, Jaime led the Tribal Subcommittee for the New Mexico Statewide Complete Count Commission, where she spearheaded a statewide effort to fund grassroots organizing and ecosystem activation during the pandemic.

Chelsea McDaniel – Director of Impact Investments More Info

Chelsea McDaniel is a community investment professional with a passion for food justice. She was the lead architect of the impact strategies for two impact funds, one focused on youth education and one on fiscal justice in Black cities. Prior to joining Common Future, Chelsea led the Fiscal Justice investment research for Activest, where she would identify solutions for fiscal practices that led to negative outcomes for Black communities. She also led the development of a high impact Islamic finance product for youth technical education and training.

Financial Performance

Target Financial Returns Relative to Benchmark:
Return of Principal Only
Actual Performance of Impact Products/Funds Relative to Target Financial Returns in the Past Three Years:
In line with initial target returns
Financial Reporting Frequency to Investors or Donors
Quarterly

Impact Performance

Percentage of Total Assets Under
Management that are Impact Investments:
50% – 74%
Primary Impact Outcomes:
Addressing racial inequities
Secondary Impact Outcomes:
Addressing climate change and environmental issues
Alleviating poverty
Increasing access to financial services
Value-added Services Offered:
Other: Lending Program design support; Capital facilitation; Back-office loan management; Reporting and analytics

Investments systematically target companies where social and/or environmental impact is integral to the product/service being created:

The investment opportunity must address: (1) Increasing Access to Capital for communities historically excluded and extracted from financial system: e.g. How are we/our partners rethinking frameworks to evaluate how and to whom capital is allocated and creating more pathways to investment? (2) Increasing Affordability of Capital for communities historically excluded and extracted from financial system: e.g. How do we/our partners focus on providing most cost-effective and flexible capital to enable innovation, wealth creation, and flow of equitable capital? How is loan structure equitable/affordable? Are terms flexible? (3) Building Power, Choice, and Ownership in and for communities adversely impacted by economic and racial injustice: e.g. How are solutions recognizing or addressing interdependence of wealth-building and limited natural resources on our planet? In what ways does investment shift, share, or build power? How is choice created or used as a result? How are ownership opportunities created or implemented? 

Investments systematically include social and environmental sustainability practices in the due diligence process:

Community-based/rooted decision-making: The organization has clear, established methods for the community to have input on decisions, and/or community members have decision-making power within the organization. Community connection & accountability: Leadership can clearly demonstrate that they are from the community served and accountable to the community through binding and/or formalized relationships (e.g. Community stakeholders are consulted about decisions; community members on the Investment Committee or Board; community members in other senior or leadership roles in the organization). Additionally, we are currently working through how an organization prioritizes or is building a trauma-informed approach in their practices, processes, and supports for their staff and communities served; though, we are still trying to understand how we can evaluate this (whether benefits, policies, or otherwise). 

Impact Tracking and Monitoring

Impact is Tracked:
Yes
Impact Verified by an Independent Third-Party:
No
Social and/or Environmental Impact is Reported to Investors and Donors:
Yes – to the public
Third Party Validations:
Member of Impact Capital Managers
Impact Frontiers Cohort Participant
Implement recommendations from Task Force on Climate Related-Financial Disclosure
Net Zero Assets Managers Initiative
Utilizes standardized impact metrics (e.g. IRIS+, GIIRS, etc.)
Participant on steering committees or leadership roles within impact industry associations
Publisher or contributor to industry white paper or other research in impact investing

Learn More

Key Contact Name: Sagried Slater
Phone: 510-587-9417 x116
Mailing Address:

450 Alaskan Way S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104 USA

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