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Capital Good Fund Featured Among New Impact Offerings – December 2, 2024

Each week, Superpowers for Good shares a list of new impact-related offerings added to FINRA-Registered Crowdfunding portals and by broker-dealers. We’ll share four separate lists:

1. Impact offerings determined by our proprietary analysis.

2. Offerings with minority founders.

3. Deals with women founders.

4. Those with LGBTQ founders.

Sometimes, it takes weeks for our source to determine that a company has a social impact, a woman, minority or LGBTQ founder. When we discover an offering qualifies for our list, even if it is no longer new, we will include it. See the lists below.

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How Mid-Hudson Energy Transition is Empowering Communities with Renewable Energy

tl;dr:

1. Mid-Hudson Energy Transition helps communities access renewable energy, lower costs, and strengthen resilience.

2. Community Choice Aggregation enables bulk renewable energy purchases, saving residents and Small Businesses Money.

3. The Home Upgrade Grants program addresses structural issues to help low-income families decarbonize their homes.

4. The HELP Fund allows community members to invest in clean energy with tailored returns and protections.

5. Empathy and inclusion guide Jasmine Graham’s leadership, ensuring no one is left behind in transitions.

How to Invest the Rotary Way

If you haven’t had as many birthdays as I have, you may not be familiar with Rotary International. Let me fill in some gaps for you. Rotary is an international service organization with over 1 million members that is affiliated with local clubs in communities all around the world. The motto, “Service Above Self,” defines Rotarians’ ethos. Their signature service project is the eradication of polio, but that is truly a small part of the organization’s work.

The global organization focuses on executing local projects everywhere there are clubs and in many remote and underserved communities that don’t have clubs.

Officially, Rotary has seven areas of focus. In practice, these themes are interpreted broadly, and almost any work that serves a community can be supported by a club. The seven areas are (now I’m quoting from the official page):

1. Promoting peace: Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures. We train adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict and help refugees who have fled dangerous areas.

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Dance Happy Champions Purposeful Employment and Artisan Quality

tl;dr:

1. Dance Happy’s co-founders, Emily and Julia, create artisan-quality handcrafted products with purpose-driven Employment.

2. Julia, a woman with Down syndrome, leads pattern design and inspires inclusivity through her work.

3. Dance Happy collaborates with major retailers like Nordstrom and QVC while maintaining high-quality craftsmanship.

4. Emily’s fearlessness drives bold actions, from cold-pitching influencers to securing impactful partnerships.

5. The company is raising funds on Honeycomb Credit to expand opportunities for people with disabilities.

T.O.S. EP #180 “Draft your message to connect with your community” W/ Devin Thorpe

This podcast was originally posted by Digital Niche Agency.

🎙️ This episode features , a champion of social good and a pioneer in social entrepreneurship! Devin has dedicated his career to tackling the world’s biggest challenges, helping nonprofits raise over $500M, and inspiring changemakers. From a background in Finance and academia to advocating for impact Investing, his journey is remarkable. The conversation explores strategies for creating sustainable social impact, the power of storytelling, and how businesses can thrive while making the world a better place. Listen now!

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Discover This Week’s Impact Crowdfunding Success Stories 🎉

Every Sunday, we bring you a roundup of the most successful impact crowdfunding campaigns that have achieved their funding goals. Join us to celebrate the impact and Innovation that these ventures have brought to life. Don’t forget to check tomorrow’s email for more exciting updates!

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Upcoming SuperCrowd Event Calendar

If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.

• Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on December 17, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. To join the Impact Cherub Club, become an Impact Member of the SuperCrowd.

• SuperCrowdHour, December 18, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, we host a value-laden webinar for aspiring impact investors or social entrepreneurs. At December’s SuperCrowdHour, Jason Fishman of Digital Niche Agency will share insights. Free to attend.

Community Event Calendar

• Successful Funding with Karl Dakin, Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET – Click on Events

• Community Revitalization, Thursdays, 10:00 AM Eastern.

• CfPA Webinar with President-Elect Jenny Kassan sharing her vision for 2025, December 11 at 2:00 PM Eastern.

• NC3 Changing the Paradigm: Mobilizing Community Investment Funds, March 7, 2025

• Asheville Neighborhood Economics, date TBD following impact of Helene.

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Devin Thorpe Champion of Social Good

Devin is the CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation helping diverse founders and social entrepreneurs raise capital via impact crowdfunding. He is also a bestselling author who calls himself a champion of social good. His most recent book, How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, is an investment guide for everyone. He has produced about 1,500 episodes of his show featuring luminary change agents, including Bill Gates. His books—read over 1 million times—help people do more good. He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He draws on his experience as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and U.S. Senate staffer. He earned an MBA at Cornell. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, Devin is grateful to be middle-seat-sized.