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Claude
Worthington Benedum Foundation - West Virgina
Economic development - In addition, many of the communities in
the region served by the Foundation are rural, and enjoy abundant
natural assets that provide economic opportunities that complement
centers of technology-based growth. The Foundation supports efforts to
advance agriculture, outdoor recreation, artisanship, and cultural
tourism. Specific areas of Foundation interest include: 1.
Promotion of entrepreneurship, 2. Projects that promote
technology-based economic development, 3. Programs to promote the
growth and accessibility of new capital for businesses in distressed
communities and areas of high unemployment.
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Berks County Community Foundation - Pennsylvania
The investment policy of the Berks County Community Foundation is
similar to that of most other community foundations, having a
diversified and balanced portfolio. The objective of the investment
policy is to provide a return, which will preserve and grow the
Community Foundation's assets, while providing a consistent stream of
revenue for grantmaking.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Microcredit—the extension of small loans—has helped millions of
people in developing countries improve their lives. It has also shown
poor people to be reliable customers who want, and will pay for,
financial services. The success of microcredit has helped make it
possible to extend a range of financial services—including loans,
savings accounts, insurance, and remittances—to many more people in the
developing world.
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Blue
Moon Fund
The Blue Moon Fund makes investments that promote the development
of environmentally responsible, socially equitable, and fiscally sound
small and medium scale ventures in support of the fund’s philosophy.
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California Community Foundation
The California Community Foundation provides Program-Related Investments
(PRIs), which are low-interest loans that extend the reach of its
grantmaking.
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Calvert Foundation
For over 10 years, Calvert Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organization, has been working to make community investment a safe and
logical option for all investors seeking to make a positive social
impact. We focus on using investment capital, rather than conventional
philanthropy, to create a sustainable, scalable model that enables
nonprofit organizations and social enterprises to address critical
social problems.
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CAN Social
Investment
The Social Investment Forum is the U.S. national nonprofit membership
association for professionals, firms and organizations dedicated to
advancing the practice and growth of socially responsible investing
(SRI). Critical to responsible investment practice is the consideration
of environmental, social and corporate governance criteria in addition
to standard financial analysis.
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Castanea Foundation, Inc.
The Foundation particularly emphasizes conservation projects that
promote economically viable and environmentally sound farm enterprises.
The Foundation's underlying belief is that the health of the region's
agriculture is essential to the future health of rural communities in
Vermont and New York.
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Cleveland Colectivo
Our mission is to strengthen our community through collective investments
that identify and nurture innovative projects. We pool our funds and share
our energy to invest it back into projects that we see as worthwhile and
exciting in Cleveland.
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Civic
Innovation Lab - Cleveland, Ohio
The Civic Innovation Lab fuels innovation by providing mentoring and
funding of up to $30,000 for ideas that can improve the Greater
Cleveland economy.
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Community Foundation
of North Central Washington -
Washington
If an organization submitting a grant request for a charitable purpose
is not a 501(c)(3) entity, the
organization must submit the grant request under umbrella of a 501(c)(3)
organization who has
agreed to be the “Fiscal Sponsor” on the grant request.
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Dakota Foundation - North Dakota & New Mexico
The Dakota Foundation Program Related Investments (PRIs) are most commonly
made as below-market rate loans or, occasionally, equity interest, and
require that the agency receiving the PRI generate sufficient cash flow
ultimately to repay the loan or provide a return on the equity. Our
geographic focus primarily is on activities in North Dakota and New
Mexico, although ventures in other areas may be funded infrequently if
they meet our criteria and show promise to be transferable to activities
in North Dakota and New Mexico. Most of our PRIs do not exceed $100,000.
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Deutsche Bank - Microfinance
With more than half of the world’s population living on less than
two dollars a day, there is an urgent need to alleviate poverty.
Microcredit, the extension of very small loans (microloans) to those who
lack collateral or a credit history, is proving to be a revolutionary
model in enabling people to rise from poverty. Small loans to small
businesses and individual entrepreneurs foster self-reliance and
community-wide economic development. Small loans to families can also
provide opportunities for education and training.
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Erich & Hannah Sachs Foundation
Grants and Loans to Individuals - Primarily in the fields of education,
health and housing, to selected individuals and families who demonstrate a
willingness and ability to improve themselves and the quality of their own
lives. To download an application
please click here. To visit their web site
please
click here.
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Pearl M. & Julia
J. Harmon Foundation
The Harmon Foundation's objective is to be the lender-of-first choice
to Northeastern Oklahoma charitable organizations. We fund loans to
buy, build, expand, or renovate real property or tangible assets.
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F.B. Heron
Foundation
The Foundation makes grants to and investments in entities that are
engaged in one or more of the following wealth-creation
strategies—including emerging opportunities to incorporate sustainable
practices within the context of healthy environments—that benefit low- and
moderate-income families and communities. The specific wealth-creation and
preservation strategies are: Advancing home ownership, Supporting
enterprise development, and Increasing access to capital and preserving
assets.
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Ford Foundation
Program Related Investments are usually loans made at below-market
interest rates. PRIs can be made to both nonprofit and for-profit
businesses as long as the money is used to further a charitable purpose.
PRIs are helpful to businesses and social enterprises whose access to the
market banking system is limited because of a lack of credit history or
uncertainty about the eventual success of a project. When using a PRI, a
program officer can also grant loan guarantees, equity investments or
deposits in banks to help grantee organizations gain access to capital.
Sometimes a grant can be coupled to a PRI to provide technical assistance
or other support to guarantee the success of a PRI.
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Pearl M. & Julia J. Harmon Foundation
In 1981 the Foundation’s Trustees decided to experiment with offering
Program-Related Investments in the form of zero interest loans. It was a
time of hyper-inflation and charities were having to borrow at high rates
just to begin building so rising costs would not make their buildings more
expensive faster than they could raise money. Our goal was to establish a
revolving fund of loan principal which would enable the Foundation to
support more and larger projects than it could with its normal
distribution. Bringing this pool of charitable capital into existence was
a significant aspect of the decision to make loans. In the 25+ years
since, the Harmon Foundation has made 103 Program Loans, about $20
million.
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Helen
Bader Foundation - Wisconsin
The Foundation has used PRIs to strengthen the job- and
business-development objectives of its Economic Dev. program area. The
Foundation has awarded loans and loan guarantees to ventures and
projects with the potential for improving Milwaukee's economic vitality,
with a particular focus on the city's struggling neighborhoods.
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Investors'
Circle
Our process begins with an online application. In order to be evaluated
for inclusion in our deal database or considered for a venture fair
presentation, you must complete this application. We recommend that you
review our company criteria before beginning an application.
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KLFelicitas Foundation
PRIs are awarded to charitable organizations or commercial ventures
providing charitable goods or services. PRIs employ financing methods such
as loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, linked deposits, or equity
investments.
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Kresge Foundation
Program-related investments are loans to nonprofit organizations,
including nonprofit banks or community development financial institutions.
PRIs provide high-performance organizations with access to financial
capital. A secondary benefit of the PRI is that interest is charged at
below-market rates.
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MacArthur Foundation
To expand the impact of its grantmaking, the MacArthur Foundation uses
program-related investments (PRIs). PRIs are an innovative type of
philanthropy tool that usually takes the form of low-interest loans to
nonprofit organizations. The Foundation is
not accepting proposals for new PRIs at this time.
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Maine Community Foundation
Maine Community Foundation has several funds that make grants to
individuals for professional development and special projects.
Click here to review their programs.
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Marin
Community Foundation Loan Fund
Besides making grants to nonprofit groups, the Marin Community Foundation
has also established the Marin Community Foundation Loan Fund to maximize
the financial capacity of nonprofit organizations in Marin County. The
loan fund provides a financial resource to the community by offering debt
financing to organizations that typically cannot access or afford
commercial debt.
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Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation
Eligible nonprofits may apply for short-term (30–180 days) cash flow loans
against delayed receivables from government, foundation or corporate
grants and contracts. Loan amounts can range from a minimum of $10,000 to
$25,000 for organizations that the Foundation has never funded and $30,000
for previously funded organizations. Loans are made in alignment with the
Foundation’s funding guidelines, policies, criteria and priorities. The
loans will be made on a first-come, first-served basis from a revolving
pool of $200,000.
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Melville Charitable Trust - Connecticut
The Trust will make available money for general purposes, seed money and
support for special projects, including technical assistance. Requests for
program related investments (non-grant support such as loans - called PRIs)
will also be considered. Support will typically be for one year, although
multi-year requests will be considered.
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Napa Valley Community Foundation
Applications from programs/projects with a fiscal agent that is
a 501(c)(3) public charity will be accepted, provided that a letter of
support is included from the fiscal agent. Applications from
charitable programs of schools or faith-based groups also will be
accepted.
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Northwest Area Foundation
A key strategy for moving low-income people out of poverty is
to increase financial assets and build wealth among individuals and in
communities. We support efforts that link asset development strategies
for greater impact.
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RSF Social
Finance
Since 1984, RSF has made over $190 million in loans to both
nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Borrowers not only receive
financing to meet their capital needs; through a close relationship with
RSF, each becomes part of a larger community working to change the way
the world works with money. If RSF is not the most appropriate source of
capital for your organization at the time you contact us, we will do our
best to refer you to additional resources for your unique situation.
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Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation
drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating
social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the
world’s most pressing problems. Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders
whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better
the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged
individuals. By identifying the people and programs already bringing
positive changes to communities throughout the world, the Skoll
Foundation empowers them to extend their reach, deepen their impact and
fundamentally improve society.
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Whole
Planet Foundation
The Whole Planet Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization established
by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in
Latin America, Africa and Asia who in turn develop and offer
microenterprise loan programs, training and other financial services to
the self-employed poor.
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Wieboldt Foundation
The Wieboldt Foundation offers program related investments (PRIs) to
support neighborhood development and revitalization. Through program
related investments, loans, loan guarantees, or equity investments are
available to help community organizations or groups working with
low-income people whose work on housing, community economic development,
and community ventures require this kind of financing. The Wieboldt
Foundation funds Grassroots Community Organizing in Metropolitan Chicago
