Connect Humanity: Investment capital for community-focused broadband projects

According to their LinkedIn Profile

Connect Humanity is a nonprofit impact fund with a mission to advance digital opportunity. We provide tailored investments, grants, and technical guidance to help underserved communities build the internet infrastructure needed to thrive.

According to their website

From rural towns and Tribal Nations to state-specific efforts like our fund for New Mexico, we’re actively deploying flexible financing to help communities and internet service providers deliver affordable, reliable broadband where it’s needed most.

Our active lending pool

We’re currently investing through several designated pools of funding, each designed to meet the needs of different geographies and partners:

  • Nationwide
    $250K–$1M per project for underserved communities across the U.S.
  • Tribal Communities
    Up to $5M per project to support community-led broadband infrastructure in Tribal Nations.
  • New Mexico
    Up to $3M per project for community broadband efforts in New Mexico.
  • Municipal & large-scale projects
    $15–$20M per project for municipally led or eligible private ISP projects with five-year terms.

If you’re exploring funding for a broadband project, get in touch. We’d love to learn more.

I know nothing more than is here. I learned about them through the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. But it seems worth exploring.

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About Ann Treacy

Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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