CBA Fund is a nonprofit CDFI intermediary with a mission of expanding the capacity of nonprofits to provide safe and affordable small dollar consumer loans (SDLs) and credit building products to low- and moderate-income individuals. CBA Fund was founded by parent company Credit Builders Alliance (CBA) in 2018 to provide capital solutions for the extension small dollar consumer loans, primarily among CBA’s existing membership of 550+ credit building organizations. CBA Fund pursues its mission through a three-pronged approach to supporting eligible nonprofit lenders by providing: 1) Affordable and patient loan capital, 2) Supplemental capacity building grants, and 3) Training and technical assistance.

Through capital and commitment, Capital Impact Partners helps people build communities of opportunity that break barriers to success. Through mission-driven financing, social innovation programs, capacity building, and impact investing, we champion social and economic justice issues. With a focus on economic empowerment and wealth creation, we engage with communities and support their solutions to overcome historic and systemic disinvestment. Through this work, we help increase equitable access to quality health care and education, healthy foods, affordable housing, cooperative development, and the ability to age with dignity.

Building Hope supports high quality public charter schools in Washington D.C., Florida, and other U.S. locations by providing business services and technical and financial assistance for educational facilities. As a nonprofit organization, Building Hope supports the expansion of academically successful schools with the capacity to grow their enrollments. This allows Building Hope to catalyze change across the local public education systems by promoting school-centered community revitalization. We believe that excellent charter school programs and facilities help transform economically depressed neighborhoods into places where children thrive.

We build the capacity of charter schools nationwide by providing unparalleled facilities, financial, and operational services so that schools can focus on and devote more resources to educating students in underserved communities. We believe in the promises of school choice and charter schools, and we are committed to being a part of turning big ideas and hopes into reality.

EatsPlace provides loans and lines of credit to companies in the agricultural and EatsPlace’s mission is to provide loans and venture capital to farm and food entrepreneurs. Access to capital is the biggest concern of emerging growth companies, so we provide financial products to entrepreneurs who have traditionally been denied access. Small business ownership is the backbone for building wealth within communities of color.

Since 1991, AEO and its member and partner organizations have helped millions of entrepreneurs contribute to economic growth while supporting themselves, their families and their communities. AEO’s more than 1,700 members and partners include a broad range of organizations that provide capital and services to assist underserved entrepreneurs in starting, stabilizing and expanding their businesses. Together, we are working to change the way capital and services flow to underserved entrepreneurs so that they can create jobs and opportunities for all.

Ascendus is a nonprofit small business lender working to create economic opportunity by providing entrepreneurs with access to the capital and the business support they need to create and grow healthy enterprises and contribute to thriving local economies. Ascendus seeks to build the financial resiliency of small business owners so that they can be fully equipped to handle near-term challenges and achieve long-term self-sustainability and business success.