Investing in affordable housing is a comprehensive intervention that can help to alleviate the housing affordability crisis. Impact investments can increase access to housing and homeownership opportunities, reduce homelessness, and more.

In addition to using your gym membership and flossing more, what about setting a goal for 2024 to put your dollars to work as a catalyst for a better future? Each year we like to take a moment to reflect on what we hope the coming year will bring and ways that we can get there.

In Israel and Gaza alike, nonprofits and community activists have an increased need for medical support for hospitals treating those impacted by the current crisis, aid for refugees and displaced families, financial assistance for victims and their families, as well as psychological supports and mental health resources for impacted children and communities.

Using cash as an impact vehicle means making deposits that support access to credit in financially underserved communities, promote homeownership, seek to improve health and education projects, and support the growth of small businesses.

CapShift partners with National Philanthropic Trust to offer impact investing portfolios for donors to align their donor advised fund investments with their charitable goals. CapShift’s Will Mucci shares a look at these portfolios and their impact.