So… it turns out that building a better world for people and for the planet is a lot of work. Olga learned that fast as Elizabeth handed her a hefty stack of files to deal with!

While some of you were on vacation this summer, we, at the Untours Foundation, were busy scouring the world for extraordinary individuals and ideas that are setting new ethical standards in business practices and problem solving.

For example, you may have heard of a relatively new type of banking institution called a Community Development Financial Institution or CDFI. Well, we have invested in a very special one: Rende Progress Capital. Read about them and new investee, Naturally Sweet Desserts, below.

Check out our website for the 2019 loan recipients or our blog to learn about loan recipient CERO's visit in Philadelphia this summer.

Also, shhhh... it's a surprise! Nobody knows yet but we are giving our website a complete makeover and can’t wait to show it to you once it’s completed.

Finally, we are immensely grateful to Frances Schwabenland, our talented photographer, for sharing her remarkable talent and bringing to life the fun and the depth of our work at Untours. Grazie, Francie!

Happy Halloween,

Elizabeth and Olga