In his fellowship, David Lynn is working to build Mission Driven Finance’s community REIT (cREIT). The cREIT will invest in a portfolio of residential and commercial child care properties, with profit sharing and cooperative features embedded to help providers build wealth, business stability, and community. Every project will expand the availability of quality child care, focusing on underserved communities and families. Launching in four geographies, the national cREIT’s equity and debt will be deployed through locally-managed structures that share profits and property appreciation with providers,  and will work closely with local child care ecosystem partners and government entities. Properties will be leased to providers at affordable rates, creating steady dividends for cREIT investors, and the evergreen fund will recycle capital and help providers build wealth by helping them purchase their facilities/homes in whole or in part. 

David Lynn co-founded Mission Driven Finance in 2016 after spending 20 years working in the financial and philanthropic sectors and looking for a way to blend those two worlds. Prior to focusing on impact investing, David specialized in family office investment portfolios, including both private investments and risk management through derivatives. Most recently, David has been the Investment Manager for the Price Group, a family office and charitable foundation environment. With a long dedication to community involvement, David has served in a leadership capacity for a variety of nonprofit and philanthropic initiatives, including San Diego Grantmakers, San Diego Impact Investors Network, Education Synergy Alliance, Mission Edge San Diego, San Diego Social Venture Partners, Price Philanthropies Foundation, and San Diego Humane Society.

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