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CEI’s mission is to help create economically and environmentally healthy communities in which all people, especially those with low incomes, can reach their full potential. 

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We pursue this mission by providing financing and management assistance to promising locally-based enterprises. CEI also targets specific sectors for maximum impact, such as sustainably managed ventures in the farm, fish and forest sectors, women business owners, microenterprises, and child care enterprises. CEI’s goal is the creation of quality jobs, opportunities for self-employment and affordable housing, and access to essential services for individuals and communities. Maine is our primary market, but we also partner with CDFIs and environmental groups to bring resources to northern New England and upstate New York.

CEI's work depends on the support of individuals and institutions across the country who are committed to investing in communities and their residents. We invite you to become a CEI supporter and help us make a difference for people and communities across the region.


Join with us by investing or donating today!

CEI IN THE NEWS!

The results are in! Learn what the evaluation of the Farms for the Future disclosed ... 

Ron Phillips, President of CEI, speaks on public television’s “Conversations with Maine.” 

ImageMaine Legislature Passes Model Anti-Predatory Lending Bill.

Review LD 1869 here.

Predatory Mortgages in Maine Recent Trends and the Persistence of Abusive Lending Practices. A joint report issued by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. and the Center for Responsible Lending, 2006.

CEI receives SCED award for CED excellence. 

Announcing the publication, Telling Their Stories: Women Business Owners in Western Maine 

Read about NMTC's $120 million allocation to CEI.

CEI worked with a broad coalition to get the Office of Consumer Credit Regulations to study the impacts of payday lending.   

The Maine Working Waterfront Coalition works to help save commercial fishing access properties.

BLUETARP - Building a Business in the Building Industry

Brian Rigney Blue Tarp
When Brian Rigney worked on construction jobs during summer vacations while a student at Colby College in Waterville, he saw the inefficiency in the piles of receipts and invoices that accompanied every purchase. As he pursued an MBA, this problem stayed with him, and in 1998 BlueTarp, Inc. was born.

As a growing company, BlueTarp needed capital. CEI Ventures, Inc., one of CEI's two socially responsible venture capital subsidiaries, invested in BlueTarp, because of its potential to generate above average financial returns while meeting social goals, including job creation for low-income people. BlueTarp expects to employ 50 people within the next four years.

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