- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Community Investing Is Economic Sustainability https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/403831?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/403831?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/403831?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Community Investing Is Economic Sustainability&body=ESG News from GreenMoney Journal https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/403831?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment](/categories/sustainable-finance-socially-responsible-investment) # Community Investing Is Economic Sustainability Nov 17, 2022 10:10 AM ET ![young children sitting together for story time](https://3blcdn.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/2026-08/MarkRegier-article-image_1786610983.png) [Community Investing is Economic Sustainability](https://greenmoney.com/its-not-a-nice-thing) by Mark Regier of Praxis Funds and Everence Financial For too long, community investing has been seen as an act of charity, equated with largesse or evidence of excess resources in one’s economic life. And while charity — financial gifts drawn from excess finances and given to causes and organizations that require such support to do their good work (disaster recovery, the arts, crisis food and shelter, ministry support, etc.) — can be an important aspect of one’s faith and worship life, community investing fulfills a different function. Far from just a “nice thing”, community investing is something altogether different. But before we explore some of the deeper motivations community investing has for people of faith, particularly those in the Judeo-Christian tradition, perhaps a definition is in order. Community investing — or community development investing (CDI) as we frequently call it at Praxis — is distinguished from other good/responsible/social/faith-based/ESG investing by the primary intent of the investment being to help deliver the benefit of economic opportunity for others even at the cost of a competitive return for the investor. This intentionally concessionary capital can take many forms but it plays a critical — catalytic — role between truly charitable contributions (or grants), which are frequently limited, and the scale of impact offered through more traditional, market-rate, socially-oriented investments. **Read Mark's full article here** - ### Additional Media #### Images [ ![ ](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/MarkRegier-article-photo.png?h=8dfaad95) Mark Regier, Praxis Mutual Funds and Everence Financial ](/sites/default/files/images/MarkRegier-article-photo.png "Mark Regier, Praxis Mutual Funds and Everence Financial") [ ![Praxis Mutual Funds logo](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/MarkRegier-article-logo.png?h=ff8c211c) ](/sites/default/files/images/MarkRegier-article-logo.png "Praxis Mutual Funds logo") [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/GreenMoney-30thLogo.png)](/profiles/greenmoney-journal) ### More from GreenMoney Journal ###### [Investing in the Systems Behind the Energy Transition](/news/investing-systems-behind-energy-transition) Sep 28, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Clean Energy Credit Union: Leading with Culture and Capital](/news/clean-energy-credit-union-leading-culture-and-capital) Sep 16, 2026 9:00 AM ET ###### [The Energy Transition Is Here: Why Renewable Energy Is One of the Most Compelling Investment Opportunities of Our Time](/news/energy-transition-here-why-renewable-energy-one-most-compelling-investment-opportunities-our) Sep 14, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [GreenMoney: Our Best – Articles, Videos and Podcasts (August ’26 Issue)](/news/greenmoney-our-best-articles-videos-and-podcasts-august-26-issue) Aug 11, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Investing & Healing: How Our Choices Can Help to Mend the World](/news/investing-healing-how-our-choices-can-help-mend-world) Jun 29, 2026 11:00 AM ET ###### [Capital for a Healthier World - How the Milken Institute is Building the Next Era of Impact Investing](/news/capital-healthier-world-how-the-milken-institute-building-next-era-impact-investing) Jun 9, 2026 9:00 AM ET ###### [Can the Same Land Stewardship Support Healthy Land and Healthy Ranches?](/news/can-same-land-stewardship-support-healthy-land-and-healthy-ranches) May 20, 2026 8:00 AM ET ###### [Farmland as the Original Alternative Asset ](/news/farmland-original-alternative-asset) May 18, 2026 10:00 AM ET