Members
Boston Community Capital (BCC) - http://www.bostoncommunitycapital.org/
BCC's mission is to build healthy communities where low-income people live and work. To that end, BCC finances affordable housing, child care facilities, art programs, schools, health clinics, youth programs and other community services. Invests equity dollars into businesses that create social and financial returns. Develops new financial tools that connect low-income communities to mainstream financial markets. BCC's investments help build and preserve homes, create jobs, and provide needed goods and services - all of which contribute to the long-term economic and social health of the community.
Bridgeway Capital – http://www.bridgewaycapital.org/
Bridgeway Capital, located in Pittsburgh, provides capital and education opportunities to entrepreneurs and small businesses to increase jobs and ignite economic growth across western Pennsylvania. A nonprofit founded in 1990, Bridgeway Capital serves 15 counties and manages $47 million. Since inception, it has placed 476 loans, injecting $53.2 million in capital directly into the region and leveraging more than $184 million for its borrowers. With a blend of entrepreneurial vision, regional knowledge and operational expertise, Bridgeway Capital focuses on making western Pennsylvania a thriving region for all.
Building Hope - http://www.bhope.org/
Building Hope supports high quality public charter schools in Washington, DC and other U.S. cities by providing technical and financial assistance related to capital projects. We support the expansion of academically successful schools with the capacity to grow their enrollments in order to catalyze change across their local public education systems by assisting with facility development. Building Hope promotes school-centered community revitalization. We believe that excellent charter school programs and facilities will help transform economically depressed neighborhoods into places where children will thrive.
Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC)- http://www.csdc.org/
CSDC is a non-profit organization established to help assist public charter schools with the acquisition and financing of educational facilities and related capital improvements. Through its Building Block Fund program, it provides qualifying public charter schools with credit enhancements that allow them to secure more affordable loans and leases for their facilities. CSDC's mission is to promote excellence, innovation and parental choice in public education by assisting public charter schools with their facilities financing needs, and to work at the public policy level to improve the laws governing the financing of charter school capital projects.
City First Bank of DC - http://www.cityfirstbank.com/
City First Bank of DC is Washington DC's first and only community development bank. Committed to helping individuals; businesses and other local institutions reach their full potential, its mission is to support and strengthen underserved communities in DC and surrounding areas. City First is especially skilled in financing the acquisition and renovation of affordable housing; facilities and working capital for nonprofit and faith-based organizations; and small businesses.
Civic Builders – http://www.civicbuilders.org/
Civic Builders, Inc. is a nonprofit facilities developer that provides "turnkey" real estate solutions for high-performing charter schools, prioritizing development of charter facilities in urban neighborhoods that will benefit most from the additional choices charter schools offer. By assuming responsibility for building financing, acquisition, design and construction, Civic relieves charter schools of the burden of navigating a complex real estate market and provides affordable educational facilities. Civic's work supports the success of charter schools by enabling school administrators to focus their time and resources on the important work of educating children and using development strategies that positively influence larger educational reform efforts.
Excellent Education Development (ExED) - http://www.exed.net/
ExED strives to dramatically improve the quality of public education by creating access to K-12 schools with high student achievement in low-income neighborhoods through community-based charter schools. The long-range goal is to revolutionize public education in Los Angeles by demonstrating that high achieving public schools can be sustained in the inner city.
IFF - http://www.iff.org/
IFF, formerly known as the Illinois Facilities Fund, is a community development financial institution that makes below-market loans, undertakes real estate consulting and development and engages in public policy activities on behalf of nonprofit corporations that are serving low-income communityareas and groups. IFF also conducts research for and on behalf of its clients, which include nonprofit corporations, regional and national coalitions, municipal and state governments, and foundations.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) - http://www.liscnet.org/
LISC founded the Educational Facilities Financing Center (EFFC) in 2003 to intensify its efforts in the area of educational facilities financing. The EFFC supports quality public charter and alternative schools in low-income neighborhoods as part of LISC’s mission of helping community organizations transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy ones. LISC uses a three-pronged strategy to help bridge the facilities finance gap faced by charter and alternative public schools. This strategy consists of financing individual schools through its network of 33 local offices, supporting the development of local educational facilities funds and nonprofit charter school networks through its EFFC investments and fostering public policy initiatives in the facilities finance arena.
Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) - http://www.liifund.org/
Since 1984, LIIF has served over 600,000 people by providing more than $810 million in financing and technical assistance to hundreds of community organizations serving the nation's poorest and hardest-to-reach populations. LIIF’s primary program areas are affordable and supportive housing, child care and education facilities benefiting low income people and families. Currently, LIIF operates in four regions of the United States: northern California, southern California, the New York City metropolitan area and Washington, DC, with offices in four cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and now Washington, DC.
NCB Capital Impact - http://www.ncbcapitalimpact.org
NCB Capital Impact (formerly NCB Development Corporation) is a national non-profit organization whose primary mission is to provide innovative financial, policy, and development solutions that address the challenges and improve the lives of low-income individuals, families and under-served communities. Since the mid-1990s, NCB Capital Impact has designed and implemented innovative financing strategies and technical assistance to meet a charter school's demand for capital.
New Jersey Community Capital - http://www.newjerseycommunitycapital.org/
New Jersey Community Capital is the trade name utilized by Community Loan Fund of New Jersey, Inc. Founded in 1987, the Community Loan Fund of New Jersey, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation and is certified as a community development financial institution (CDFI) by the U.S. Department of Treasury's CDFI Fund. It is an effective provider of capital and consulting services because of its involvement in its constituent communities and an understanding of the trends and issues affecting the community development field.
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) -http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org
For 25 years Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has helped nonprofits match their passion and dedication with financial strength and sustainability. We provide impartial analysis and flexible, frequently unsecured, financing that nonprofits typically can't get from other sources. Nationwide, NFF works with over 170 funders including financial institutions, foundations and government agencies to develop new ways of meeting the capital growth needs of the nonprofit sector.
Raza Development Fund, Inc. (RDF)- http://www.nclr.org/content/programs/detail/895/
RDF is a support corporation of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), established in 1998 as the community development lending arm of NCLR. The mission of RDF's Hope Fund is to provide flexible but high-quality loans, along with technical assistance, to entities that provide services and opportunities to low-income Latino families, a mission that is consistent with and complementary to the mission of NCLR. Since its inception, RDF has become the largest Latino CDFI in the U.S.
Self-Help Charter School Loan Fund - http://www.self-help.org/
The nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help provides financing, technical support and advocacy for those left out of the economic mainstream. Since its founding in 1980, Self-Help has reached out to female, rural and minority borrowers across North Carolina, in Washington, D.C., California, and many other states. Self-Help has been providing financing to charter school operators throughout the Southeast since 1997 and is a committed advocate of the charter school movement.
The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) - http://www.trfund.org
TRF is a national leader in the financing of neighborhood revitalization. What began in 1985 as a small community development organization working in Greater Philadelphia, has evolved into a progressive, results-oriented, socially responsible community investment group that today works across the Mid-Atlantic region. Combining expert knowledge with innovation and determination, TRF delivers capital where it’s needed the most – where it can best transform lives and rebuild neighborhoods. TRF works closely with a diverse network of investors and business partners to galvanize private initiative and capital for the public good. Together, we are investing in homes, schools, businesses and a clean energy future – paving the way for stronger, more vibrant communities and a region full of opportunity and growth.