Across the country, new partnerships between community development finance and health organizations are being formed to create healthier communities. To spotlight one example from the Ninth Federal Reserve District: When Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, a community development financial institution, recently created a fund to attract socially inclined companies to invest in housing, Twin Cities-based health organization UnitedHealth Group, Inc., responded by making a $50 million investment.
Author: Ela Rausch, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Community Dividend, April 2014