Portfolio
Impact Multiplier
We meet the demands of complex challenges with creativity, a high tolerance for risk, a willingness to be catalytic with capital, and an emphasis on developing the next generation.
Our endowment is 100% mission-aligned, from the program work we perform alongside amazing partners to direct investments, alternatives, and public equities. We work to find and fund solutions that help more people thrive.
projects and companies we are proud to be a part of
CVC - Marathon
CVC-Marathon, formerly Marathon Asset Management, is a leading global credit investment manager. In July 2026, CVC Capital Partners completed its acquisition of the firm, which is being rebranded CVC-Marathon; co-founders Bruce Richards and Lou Hanover continue to lead its credit strategies. We are a limited partner in the Marathon Distressed Credit Fund, which held its final close at $2.5 billion in early 2021, part of the opportunistic credit allocation within our portfolio.
Invesco
Invesco is one of the world's leading independent asset managers, serving clients in more than 120 countries across ETFs, fixed income, equities, and private markets. We invest through an Invesco intermediate government/credit fixed-income strategy and a core, high-quality building block within our portfolio.
Fig Loans
Fig Loans is a socially responsible alternative to predatory payday lending. Founded in 2015 by Wharton graduates John Li and Jeffrey Zhou in partnership with United Way of Greater Houston, Fig offers affordable emergency loans and credit-building products designed to align the company's success with the financial health of its borrowers. Our relationship goes back to Fig's early days: the company came through the Village Capital Financial Inclusion cohort that we funded, and we later backed it directly in a follow-on round.
Growth Loan Fund
The Growth Loan was a non-collateralized loan of up to $35,000 for small-business owners who can't access capital through traditional underwriting. We designed and built it to fill a gap our other work kept surfacing: talented entrepreneurs being turned away not because they wouldn't repay, but because they didn't fit a credit-score box. More than a product, the Growth Loan was a conversation where borrowers speak directly to the loan committee, and confidence in the person carries real weight.
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Hidden Ventures
Hidden Ventures was a fund started by Access Ventures focused on the future of creative work. We invested in pre-seed and seed stage startups building the next wave of creative tools, products, and services, the kind that unlock creativity and help creators build, earn, and flourish in the creative economy.
Fortress
Fortress Investment Group is a pioneer and leader in alternative assets, managing capital across credit, real estate, and private equity for some of the world's largest and most sophisticated investors. We invest through Fortress's real estate credit strategy (the Fortress Credit Realty Income Trust) as part of the disciplined, income-oriented core of our portfolio.
TriLinc Global
TriLinc Global empowers investors to put private capital to work for measurable social and environmental impact without sacrificing returns. Through its Private Debt Plus® strategy, TriLinc provides term loans and trade finance to established, growth-stage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies, the businesses that create jobs and build communities but are chronically starved of growth capital. We are an investor in the TriLinc Global Impact Fund, part of the impact-oriented, global reach of our portfolio.
Goodwater
Goodwater Capital backs founders building consumer technology for everyday life, with a data-driven research approach it publishes openly. Access Ventures held a position with Goodwater as part of its mission-aligned endowment.
Render Capital
Kiva
Kiva is a peer-to-peer platform that lets anyone crowdfund a 0%-interest loan of up to $10,000 for an entrepreneur and it’s capital extended on the strength of character and community rather than collateral and credit scores. We became one of Kiva's earliest and most trusted implementation partners in the U.S., launching Kiva Louisville, then Kiva Columbus, and then Kiva Tulsa, and serving as a hands-on partner for roughly three years.
Global Venture Network
Global Venture Network (GVN) is a private membership network for the leaders of the world's accelerators, venture studios, and innovation hubs. Known for most of our involvement as the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), which is now its flagship network, it connects hundreds of ecosystem builders across dozens of countries with peer forums, shared resources, and access to capital. We were an investor in the network, Bryce Butler served on its board, and Bryce spoke at one of its summits in 2017. We exited our position in 2025.
Collab Capital
Collab Capital invests financial, human, and social capital to grow businesses and build lasting economic equity through increased ownership in the innovation economy. Founded by entrepreneurs Jewel Burks Solomon and Barry Givens who built the firm they wished they'd had, Collab is "built by founders, for founders." We are a limited partner in Collab Capital.
Blueprint Local
Access Ventures was a founding member of the collaboration that launched Blueprint Local which is a platform built to help entrepreneurs and communities access capital in the places they call home. What began as a neighborhood experiment on our own street in Louisville grew into one of the country's leading place-based investment platforms.
Keystone
Keystone National Group is a yield-driven private markets investment firm focused on private credit and real estate. We are a limited partner in the Keystone Real Estate Lending Fund, a real estate debt strategy that forms part of the income-generating core of our portfolio.