GoATL Fund
Invest. Impact. Repeat.
Connecting capital to community causes
GoATL is Georgia’s first diversified impact debt fund designed to achieve both a social and financial return. This innovative fund model accelerates and sustains positive community outcomes for the people who call Atlanta home by providing cost-effective loan capital to address our region’s most critical needs, from healthy, safe housing for every family to new schools and more equitable access to living-wage careers.
Expanded in 2022, GoATL Evolution now encompasses three funds focused on specific needs within metro Atlanta – affordable housing, economic inclusion and community capacity. Read more about the strategy and impact behind these funds below.
What is impact investing?
Through impact investing, strategically invested capital achieves both a positive social impact in a local neighborhood as well as a small financial return. GoATL’s investments support causes and enterprises that provide sustainable, long-term benefits to the community, while also achieving capital preservation and a measurable financial return. While traditional philanthropy provides grants, impact investing recycles dollars for greater social good.
GoATL Evolution
Community Capacity Fund
Scaling GoATL to scale impact: Addressing growing inequities by investing in the capacity of the best intermediaries and innovations.
Affordable Housing Fund
Driving long-term affordability: Investing directly in housing solutions focused on stemming losses in affordability.
Economic Inclusion Fund
Investing in underserved and BIPOC entrepreneurs: Driving job growth and wealth creation for small business owners.
Recent Investments
$1,500,000 impact investment
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. to fund revitalization of single-family and rent-to-own homes for underserved communities throughout metro Atlanta
$1,250,000 impact investment
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. to support expansion of Small Business Advantage (SBA) loans to undeserved and low income entrepreneurs.
$1,000,000 impact investment
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.’s loan fund to support its expanding portfolio of multi-family affordable housing throughout the metro Atlanta area.
$2,000,000 impact investment
Reinvestment Fund, to support diverse initiatives in affordable housing, the arts, education and food access.
$1,000,000 impact investment
Low Income Investment Fund to support facility financing of high-potential, early-stage charter schools for students in underperforming school districts in metro Atlanta.
$500,000 impact investment
Focused Community Strategies (FCS) to boost a successful affordable housing initiative.
$1,500,000 impact investment
Local Initiatives Support Corporation is a national community development financial institution (CDFI) that provides financing and support for community development around the country.
$1,000,000 impact investment
The Conservation Fund’s Working Farms Fund to supports the acquisition of at-risk farmland located in the Atlanta region.
$500,000 impact investment
Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund to support underinvested small businesses and the capacity of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) across Georgia.
$250,000 impact investment
LiftFund to provide 0% interest loans primarily to Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC)-owned micro-businesses throughout the Atlanta metro area.
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Impact Investing 101
What exactly is impact investing? Learn more about the concept in this video primer.
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Stories
What does impact investing really look like? Hear about the impact directly from an entrepreneur and a new homeowner.
Preserving farmland for next generation farmers
In 2021, GoATL, the Community Foundation’s impact investing initiative, invested in the Conservation Fund’s Working Farms Fund to preserve farmland in Atlanta, support the farmers who feed our region and ensure farm-to-table experiences continue across our neighborhoods.
Impact Investing Stories
GoATL Fund: A year in review
By Sydney Hulebak, impact investment manager, GoATL Fund In 2018, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta created the GoATL Fund …Read More »
GoATL supports Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund in its mission to rebuild Georgia businesses and nonprofits
Established in late 2020, the Southern Opportunity And Resilience Fund, known as SOAR, provides economic recovery loans and free business …Read More »
GoATL Fund invests in the future of Atlanta’s farmers
By Sydney Hulebak, impact investment manager The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s GoATL Fund recently made a $1 million investment …Read More »
For more information about the GoATL Fund, please contact:
Mark Crosswell
Managing Director, Social Impact Strategy
404.226.9681
mcrosswell@cfgreateratlanta.org
Sydney Hulebak
Impact Investment Manager, GoATL Fund
256.326.4859
shulebak@cfgreateratlanta.org