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December 8, 2023

Live Nation Invests In Training Marginalized South L.A. Students In The Business And Technology Of Live Entertainment

Live Nation Invests in Youth Music Education Center & Workforce Training Program in L.A.

Fox 11 Los Angeles

Jane Goodall visited the Beehive to speak in South LA to hundreds of elementary school kids

Los Angeles Times

February 28, 2023

How Black Market Flea and Everyday People brought the buzz of Black life to the Beehive

SoLa Impact’s “Black Impact Fund” anchored by $50M Commitment from CalSTRS

February 10, 2022

Snap Inc. to fund $250,000 in SoLa Scholarships in 2022

January 21, 2022

PayPal Invests $25M in Black Impact Fund to Address Racial Equity Through Affordable Housing

January 13, 2022

Riot Games commits $2M to South Los Angeles educational effort

Wall Street Journal

SoLa’s Black Impact Fund to Extend L.A. Housing Strategy to More West Coast Cities

Wall Street Journal

How SoLa Impact Buys into Black Communities through Investment and Development

SoLa Advocates for Investment in Section 8 Vouchers to Support Communities in Need

Pacific Premier

Pacific Premier Bank Commits $50 Million to Advancing SoLa’s Mission

SoLa Impact Aims to Level the Housing Playing Field for Black and Brown Communities

Black Owned Art Gallery to Open on SoLa’s Beehive Campus in South Los Angeles

SoLa Uses Private Capital for New Affordable Housing Projects in South LA

February 12, 2021

SoLa Plans to Provide 1000 South LA Families with Free Internet for Distance Learning

January 29, 2021

SoLa Helps Close the Digital Divide in South LA with Internet Campaign

January 22, 2021

SoLa Impact is Raising $1 Billion for Minority Community Housing

January 20, 2021

SoLa Impact Creates $1 Billion Black Impact Fund with OZ Equity and Traditional Investment

Los Angeles Business Journal

January 13, 2021

SoLa I CAN Identified as Community Champion by JP Morgan Chase

December 18, 2020

SoLa I CAN Provides 200 South LA Residents with Vocational Scholarships

December 15, 2020

Martin Muoto of SoLa Impact Announced as 2020 Game-Changing Founder of Color

December 4, 2020

LA Rams Award $50,000 to SoLa I CAN Foundation to Close the Digital Divide in South LA

December 2, 2020

SoLa Impact Announces $1 Billion Black Impact Fund

Wall Street Journal

December 1, 2020

SoLa Impact’s Black Impact Fund Aims to Raise $1 Billion for Investing in Minority Communities

November 30, 2020

LA Kings Partner with SoLa I Can to Donate Internet Hotspots to South LA Families

November 19, 2020

SoLa Partners with LA Kings and Wells Fargo to Distribute Laptops to Families in Need

November 11, 2020

SoLa Impact Listed as 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Los Angeles

October 5, 2020

SoLa Impact Joins LA’s Racial Equity & Newly Empowered Workplaces Task Force

October 1, 2020

SoLa Impact recognized as the 7th fastest growing minority-led business in the US

The Oprah Magazine

Oprah Gives An Additional $3 Million in Pandemic Relief Grants to Los Angeles

Opportunity Zone Investors Should Consider Being On The ‘Right Side Of History,’ Fund Founder Says

SoLa Provides South LA Students Tech Tools for Remote Learning

The Hollywood Reporter

Black Homeownership Gets a Boost in Los Angeles: “We’ll Rebuild Black Wall Street”

Opportunity For Prosperity in SoLa

Former NBA player and real estate fund help South LA tenants

Social Impact in L.A.’s Opportunity Zones

The planning report

Martin Muoto’s SoLa Impact Fund Investments in Housing and South LA Business Center Undaunted by COVID-19

February 7, 2020

Agent of Impact: Martin Muoto, SoLa Impact

December 18, 2019

Meet The Forbes OZ 20: The Top Players Investing For Lasting Impact

Black Enterprise

December 3, 2019

This Investor Has Raise $165 Million to House Blacks and Hispanics in Opportunity Zones

Wall Street Journal

October 22, 2019

Opportunity Zone Funds Are Off To A Slow Start, Lagging Behind Heady Expectations

October 10, 2019

Sola Impact founder Martin Muoto works to revitalize South L.A.

Los Angeles Business Journal

September 27, 2019

Opportunity zone space planned for South LA

September 26, 2019

SoLa Impact Launches The Beehive

August 28, 2019

Investments in ‘people and places’ start to demonstrate impact in Opportunity Zones

Opportunity Zone

Southern California Opportunity Zone fund goes for investing with social conscience

SoLa Impact’s Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony Concludes at USC

Tapping Opportunity Zones, Social Impact Investor SoLa Raises Its Biggest Fund. Martin Muoto and Opportunity Zones Are A Perfect Match

Is an opportunity zone the right investment for you?

Martin Muoto – Renovate South-Central Los Angeles? Sure! Why not?

Opportunity Zone Funds: It’s Complicated