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Impact Investing - Dogwood Health Trust

# Impact Investments

As a private foundation, Dogwood can do more than make grants. We can also use our assets to help other organizations acquire access to capital – which they can then use to create beneficial opportunities for the region, such as affordable housing or jobs in businesses that contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of communities. Our support can take the form of bridge loans, loan guarantees, start-up capital or an equity investment.

Although investments like these may deliver modest financial returns (which we can then redeploy into the region for charitable purposes), our primary focus is on the social returns each investment delivers.

## Recent Impact Investments

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A bridge loan to help regional community health organization, Vecinos, attract permanent USDA funding to purchase and renovate a building to serve as a community health resource hub.](https://vecinos.org)

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A short-term loan to nonprofit partner Homeward Bound to repair and renovate a building to create supportive housing.](https://homewardboundwnc.org)

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An investment in Upswing, an ed-tech company that offers colleges a virtual assistant to reach, relate to and retain their non-traditional students. This investment supports Upswing’s expansion to reach WNC colleges and universities.](https://upswing.io/?utm_term=&utm_campaign=Search+-+Upswing+(SPPC)&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6528935861&hsa_cam=19168495898&hsa_grp=147034826378&hsa_ad=647518382625&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=dsa-1957016589025&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=CjwKCAjwkLCkBhA9EiwAka9QRilviFV3ojzKdM3KTYMPTfyCTVvD5s5Jfht5OMTnZyYs7YfgzvwVGhoCb20QAvD_BwE)

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