Why do tax credit investors need impact underwriting?
Credibility
Investors with even the best intentions can underestimate impact. A third-party partner offers credibility and additional analysis to offer an authentic, accurate and compelling report for your stakeholders.
Increasing competition
With growing competition in the tax-credit field, investors need a way to stand out. Providing a coherent impact strategy through a third-party partner helps distinguish you as a leader in the field.
Impact Validation takes time and expertise.
When comes time to write your NMTC application, it can be difficult to find both the quantitative and qualitative impact you need to bring to the forefront. Furthermore, every industry has its own methods of defining social and environmental indicators. The LifeCity team can contextualize impact opportunities and realities for every context more efficiently on your behalf. Plus, we can help increase your credibility and leadership as a third-party impact validation partner.
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Setting
NMTCs have become the go-to tool that stewards economic development through market proven social and environmental innovations. The constant growth of allocations have attracted new players into an already highly competitive sector. As more stories are shared, the quality and transparency of your impact becomes evermore important.
Character
Whether you are acting in the NMTC space as a CDE, investor, CDFI, or as a Qualified Active Low-income Community Business (QALICB), LifeCity can help you tell your story of impact. Our impact reporting services are available at any stage of the NMTC allocation process, from establishing a strong Community Benefits Agreement, to post-investment evaluation to validate impact outcomes.
Conflict
Impact varies considerably from one community to another. Quantitative methods require qualitative assessments to paint a complete picture and in today's world, transparency and reliability are at the forefront of all stakeholder communications.
Big Idea
Let us tell your story. We have over 10 years of experience bringing the best NMTC stories to life. Our place-based methodology, tailored economic analysis, and complete set of qualitative tools will capture the comprehensive impacts of your projects and bring them to life. There is always a story to tell behind every number.