A 100% Impact Solution
Candide has expanded its platform to support impact across asset classes. Building on years of research, rigor, and thoughtful design, our offerings now extend beyond private markets to include access to impact-oriented public market and liquid strategies.
Candide is an active participant in the private impact investing space, with a long-standing focus on deploying capital across private equity, private debt, and real assets in ways that drive meaningful, community-centered impact.
While we are deeply engaged in the impact investing space, in working closely with families, institutions, and foundations, we have seen a growing desire to build fully mission-aligned portfolios—implemented through a single partner committed to both depth of impact and ease of execution.
Our expanded approach enables a more comprehensive, 100% portfolio activation for those seeking alignment across their entire portfolio. It reflects not a shift in strategy, but a continuation of our commitment to delivering integrated, high-impact investment solutions.
In addition to our private market capabilities, we support allocations to cash, fixed income and public equities through a set of carefully crafted, fully customizable strategies:
Half Water Cash
Our impact cash offering flows from a quote in Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad: “Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
With Half Water Cash, we help investors place cash deposits as a tool for positive social change while honoring both capital preservation and liquidity needs.
Cash can do a lot of harm when in the hands of mainstream banks funding fossil fuels and private prisons. In placing cash at community-oriented institutions, however, such as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), your deposits can provide communities with essential capital to fund affordable housing, diverse-led small businesses, and more.
Moving Train Munis
Our municipal bonds strategy, Moving Trains Munis takes its name from Zinn’s memoir You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times. Zinn’s call to action (that participation is essential, not optional), reflects how we see the municipal bond market.
Moving Train Munis deploys capital into investment-grade municipal bonds that can support funding for affordable housing, clean water, public transit, cultural institutions, renewable energy, healthcare, and education in low-income school districts. We can tailor a portfolio to specifically align with your investment priorities, proving that munis are anything but boring—advancing climate justice, racial equity and community well-being.
Bought & Bossed
Our public equity strategy, focused on the power of shareholder democracy, honors the nation’s first Black Congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, and her iconic autobiography, Unbought and Unbossed.
Shareholder democracy actually relies on the opposite principle: in buying public shares, we remind companies that they have both shareholders and stakeholders to respond to, such that they are indeed more accurately “bought and bossed.”
Bought & Bossed combines cost-efficient index funds for broad market access with a thoughtful screening approach that avoids harmful industries and prioritizes companies demonstrating stronger environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
It extends this impact beyond investment selection through shareholder advocacy and coordinated letter-writing campaigns with social movement partners. Through a disciplined proxy voting process, where each ballot is carefully hand-checked, Bought & Bossed ensures your investments actively reflect your values and desired impact.
If you're curious about what a fully impact-aligned portfolio could look like for you, visit our Invest With Us to learn more, or reach out directly to our Director of Business Development: jolynn@candidegroup.com. We’d love to hear from you.