Equity Equivalent Invesments (EQ2)

What EQ2 Investors Say About CRF—

"US Bank believes strongly in supporting new ways of strengthening the community development finance system... We’ve continued to support CRF across its spectrum of funding needs—from grant and market rate securities to New Markets funds and EQ2s—as we’ve found these investments truly create the social impact we desire."

–Gerry Thole, Senior Vice President, US Bancorp Community Development Corporation

Equity Equivalent Investments (EQ2)

Maximize your economic development dollars with Equity Equivalent Investments (EQ2s). By leveraging your investments, CRF is able to multiply the effect of your investments to achieve a measurable impact in underserved communities across the country.

EQ2 Benefits

Turn every $1 you invest into $5 of direct community benefits, on average, because your social-rate investments attract market-rate investments, which increase overall funding capital.
Deploy a lot of capital at once
Target communities anywhere in the country
Measurable community impact
Boost banks’ Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) credits

Receive credit every year the EQ2 remains outstanding.
Fulfill the investment and lending tests required for CRA credit — two of the necessary elements for CRA credit.