Impact Investing

At College Spark Washington, our endowment is more than a financial resource — it’s a tool to advance our mission and create lasting change. We are committed to fostering justice, which includes holding corporations accountable.

But accountability alone isn’t enough. Our investment strategy goes beyond traditional practices like screening out investments that harm the communities we serve. We take a proactive approach, using mission-aligned investments to drive meaningful impact. This means putting our endowment to work in ways that build wealth for historically excluded communities and provide capital to entrepreneurs who have long faced systemic barriers.

By investing in organizations that tackle systemic challenges like wealth inequality in Black and Brown communities, we strive to be part of the solution. Our goal is to support communities and entrepreneurs with the resources they need to create opportunities and thrive.

Investments that align with the new investment strategy include:

Craft3

Craft3 is a nonprofit community development organization that uses capital, relationships, and voice to build a thriving, just and empowered Pacific Northwest. They invest in people, businesses, and communities, and work towards a future of shared prosperity across our region.

Vistria Affordable Housing

Vistria seeks to preserve, improve, and produce affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing, which presents an opportunity to deliver strong returns alongside tangible social impact. Like Vistria’s other targeted industries, Housing is at the nexus of the public and private sectors and is of strategic importance to the long-term economic success of the United States.