Focus Areas
ACI offers a community investment approach that communities can use to organize capital for what matters most to them. Below are some of the areas where community partnerships that center racial equity and the Capital Absorption Framework can make a difference.
Capital absorption is an essential framework for producing and preserving the equitable, quality affordable housing that communities need for all their residents to thrive.
Community wealth building, economic democracy, shared ownership and the solidarity economy are all emergent and powerful frames that work to counter the current state of American capitalism and its inequitable and racist consequences.
The Capital Absorption Framework unlocks the capital needed to undo structural racism so that all communities can thrive by meeting local needs and transforming their investment systems.
The insurance industry can be a powerful partner in all aspects of capital absorption—leveraging capital and working with the enabling environment to support investments in community health, climate resilience, and more
Foundations have the knowledge, wide-ranging relationships, multifaceted resources, and flexibility to be powerful supports for innovation in local community investment systems.
As communities navigate the impacts of climate change, the Capital Absorption Framework will help leaders work together to design equitable strategies and innovative financing for climate resilience.
Hospitals, health systems, and health insurance plans are increasingly focused on community health. Their mission, resources, and relationships make them invaluable community investment participants and partners.
Making Investments Work
The Capital Absorption Framework
The framework’s three functions—articulating shared priorities, creating and executing an investable pipeline of deals and projects, and improving the enabling environment.
