Category: BII News

We Made the Road Together Completing my time at BII You thought I knew where the road was and you followed me. […]

Chardae Golding joined BII as Executive Assistant and Office Manager in December 2023. With over 10 years of experience in administration management […]

Ellie is a multifaceted professional with a diverse background spanning the nonprofit, fine art, communications, and education sectors. Notably, as the Executive […]

We hosted an Integrated Capital Card Game at the Center for Women & Enterprise Women of Color Business Summit! Our CEO, Betty Francisco and Impact Director, Aliana Pineiro got to play alongside amazing entrepreneurs and talk about the different types of capital that can support their businesses.

We had the honor of leading a Boston Impact Initiative Integrated Capital Card workshop at the 2023 Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN) Convening in Los Angeles, CA.

This summer (May-August), we hosted our third emerging fund manager cohort program with 13 participants representing eight place-based funds in six cities. […]

“We’re excited to expand our investing activity across Western Massachusetts and support the needs of entrepreneurs of color and social enterprises that are sustaining and growing the local economy,” said Betty Francisco, CEO of BII.

The community has welcomed over 1,300 members and hosted over 150 events in three years. The convertible note from BII will enable […]

Twelve social enterprises were selected to take part in Activate Your Impact, the four-week Mini-Accelerator offered by Boston Impact Initiative and Innovation Studio.

BII and Social Impact Strategy Group asked emerging fund managers, intermediary partners and legal partners what challenges they face and how best to address them, and identified six priorities for action.

The Boston Impact Initiative (BII) has been included on the 2023 Transformative 25 (T25), a list that recognizes funds, banks and initiatives […]