Spring 2010

• Postcards from the Field
• Welcoming New Board Members
• Meet One of Our Borrowers: Laguna Baja Aric, Ecotourism, Mexico

Summer 2009

• Root Capital Wins Financial Times Award
• Charity Navigator’s 4-Star Rating Awarded to Root Capital
• Starbucks, Root Capital, and You

Spring 2009

• Uncommon Heroes Film Premieres
• Growth Capital Campaign Launched

January 2009

• A Message From the Founder
• The story behind your morning coffee...

September 2008

• President Clinton Recognizes Root Capital - Root Capital is featured at the Clinton Global Initiative
• Clinton Global Initiative Highlights Innovative Coffee Partnership
• A Big Apple Welcome - New York philanthropists Veronique and Bob Pittman host party in honor of Root Capital

Summer 2008

• Root Hits Major Milestone - Root Capital celebrates $100 million in disbursements
• Suma Pacha

June 2008

• Root Capital featured in Financial Times and LA Times
• Root Capital officially launches fellowship program
• Investment Officer and former Root Fellow reflects on his Root experience

May 2008

Root Capital is delighted to share with you a short documentary film highlighting the important work of our partners and clients in Guatemala and Nicaragua.


April 2008

• Our Role in Mitigating Climate Change
• Co-op Provides Alternative to Coca Production in Peru
• Root Capital Earns Charity Navigator's Highest Rating
• Recent Press: Miami Herald Features Root Capital
• Personal Perspectives: PorFin Update

Febuary 2008

• William Foote Inducted into Ashoka Fellowship
• Supporting Organic Vanilla in Indonesia
• Catalyzing Economic Recovery in Aceh Through Coffee
• Welcoming New Staff to the Root Capital Team
• Personal Perspectives: Update from Kenya in Aftermath of Election Violence

January 2008

• Looking Back on 2007: A Year of Growth at Root Capital
• Root Capital Supports Heirloom Rice Cultivation in the Philippines
• Root Capital's Financial Education Program
• 2008 Social Capitalist Award Winner
• Partner Profile: Esperanza Dionisio Castillo

November 2007

• Fair Trade Chocolate Benefits Growers in Ivory Coast
• Supporting An Indigenous Permaculture in Ethiopia
• Helping Farmers in Tanzania While Protecting Chimpanzees
• NuWire Investor Ranks Root Capital #3 in Top Charities
• Personal Perspectives: Passion and Creativity in Philanthropy

October 2007

• Founder Honored with Ashoka Fellowship
• Traditional Chilean Cookware Piques Whole Foods' Interest
• Chilean Winemakers Move from Commodity to Specialty
• Opening of South America Regional Office in Peru
• Root Capital Featured in Microfinance Insights
• Root Capital Highlighted for Innovation
• Dispatch from the Field

September 2007

• Female Empowerment through Ghanaian Shea Butter
• Organic Bananas: Saving Water, Improving Livelihoods
• Our New VP of Finance & Administration
• Dispatch from the Field