by Madelyn Foulger | Aug 9, 2023
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) have long served Black, Brown, and other underserved borrowers, with 60% of CDFI loans made to people of color between 2002 and 2020 for instance, but CDFIs lack sufficient flows of sustainable capital. There is...
by Madelyn Foulger | Aug 9, 2023
The University of Utah plans to build a hospital and campus in West Valley City (WVC) and wants to ensure that its investment has a positive economic and social impact for the residents of West Valley, a majority minority city on the west side of Salt Lake County with...
by Madelyn Foulger | Aug 9, 2023
TAS is developing its Impact Framework and its Theory of Change data structure, and the Sorenson Impact Center collaborated as a thought partner and peer reviewer for this initiative. The ultimate goal was to help TAS capture the organization’s social, environmental,...
by Madelyn Foulger | Aug 9, 2023
Putting Assets to Work is an incubator program designed to help cities and counties leverage existing government assets to generate new revenue for impact-oriented programs without raising taxes on citizens. The program provided recommendations to 6 selected local...
by Kathryn | Mar 18, 2022
The Sorenson Impact Center was contracted by JP Morgan Chase & Co to explore the market of women and minority run businesses in the state of Utah. Using quantitative data analyses, qualitative interviews, and focus groups, the report contains an overview of the...