Program areas at NCB
General loan program:capital Impact Partners provides loans and financial services to borrowers that have been historically under-invested in. Projects financed focus on providing goods and services to low income and economically disadvantaged populations.
Equitable development initiative the equitable development initiative (edi) combines Capital Impact's role as a provider of catalytic Capital and its development expertise into a program that supports local developers of color with formalized technical assistance and development financing. The program aims to build skills of minority developers, strengthen their businesses, and build their wealth. As of year end 2023, the detroit program has graduated 117 participants; the dmv program has graduated 69 participants as of year end. As of year end 2023, edi cohorts in dallas and the san francisco bay area, served 15 and 24 developers respectively.
Growing diverse housing developers program:acting as the lead cdfi, cip, along with low income investment fund and reinvestment fund, was awarded $30 million by wells fargo in 2021 as part of their growing diverse housing developers initiative. The program kicked off in may of 2022, with the goal to increase the supply of homes that are affordable and to support the sustained growth and financial independence of experienced development firms that are led by people of color. Over the course of the 4 year program, 27 participants of color - 81% black or african american, 15% latinx/hispanic, & 4% asian/pacific islander - from 6 core geographies (ny, pa, dmv, ga, tx, & ca), will receive monthly learning sessions, access to mentors and advisors, flexible Capital, and increased access to industry connections and resources. These program supports are designed to help experienced development firms led by people of color grow their capacity and expand their affordable housing production into the future. To date, the program has deployed $14.3 million in enterprise-level grants, and the cdfi Partners have collectively closed almost $76 million in project loans to participants.
Entrepreneurs of color fund:in 2018, Capital Impact Partners received $3.3 million in grant funding from jpmorgan chase to manage the dc-area entrepreneurs of color fund (eocf), allowing Capital Impact Partners to partner with wacif and ledc, dc-area cdfis, to provide Capital and capacity building to minority entrepreneurs in the region. In 2021, Capital Impact Partners received an additional $2 million contribution from jpmorgan chase to continue managing eocf. In addition to wacif and ledc, Capital Impact partnered with city first enterprises (cfe) and the coalition for nonprofit housing and economic development (cnhed) for the second grant round. To date, the partner organizations have leveraged the eocf to deploy $52.8 million, assisting over 2,300 small businesses.
New market tax credits:capital Impact Partners has received $742 million in new market tax credit (nmtc) allocations of which $729 million has already been deployed to more than 90 projects to provide health care providers, healthy food grocery stores, charter schools, and other community organizations affordable financing nationwide. Nmtc allows Capital Impact Partners to offer borrowers more flexible terms such as longer amortization periods, interest-only payments for as long as seven years, higher loan-to-value ratios and potential equity benefit at the end of the loan term.
Housing equity accelerator fellowship:in 2021, cip received $5.2 million from amazon to launch the housing equity accelerator fellowship (heaf). The housing equity accelerator fellowship is part of amazon's $2 billion housing equity fund, and its focus is to support developers of color and to create affordable housing across its hometown communities including the dmv, nashville, and seattle. The fellowship will run for two years, with developers meeting monthly to engage in a rich learning series with access to professional mentors and advisors in the real estate and housing field. The fellowship supports diverse developers with a pipeline of completed and developing projects in the region. In 2023, the 15 inaugural participants of this program graduated, receiving over $4m in project-level and capacity building grants.
Education:capital Impact Partners has been a charter school lender for over 20 years and has become a valuable financing source for our nation's charter schools. To ensure that low cost Capital is available nationwide, Capital Impact Partners offers (1) construction and renovation loans, (2) real estate acquisition and term loans, equipment loans, and (3) revolving lines of credit. Capital Impact Partners connects its borrowers to institutional investors to improve the amount and type of financing available. In 2023, disbursements totaled $23.9 million to 3 charter schools, providing over 600 students with access to high quality education.
Healthcare:capital Impact Partners has created innovative solutions to successfully preserve affordable health care for low income communities across the country. Dedicated to delivering value-added service and ease of process, we leverage over 30 years of experience in the market to customize appropriately structured financing for our borrowers. Capital Impact Partners understands the importance of access to mental health services in addition to traditional health care; the community clinics and health centers that we finance focus on substance abuse and rehabilitation/behavioral care in addition to primary care and other physical health services. We also provide financing for adult day health care facilities and assisted living/continuing care facilities. In 2023, Capital Impact Partners disbursed approximately $50 million to 6 health facilities that serve nearly 60,000 patients annually.
Healthy food: Capital Impact Partners provides loans to community based organizations, grocery stores, and food markets to improve the access to fresh, health foods in food deserts and other underserved areas. In 2023, Capital Impact Partners provided over $15 million in financing to projects supporting food access. The financing is focused on developing and expanding grocery stores, healthy food markets, and creating access to healthy food in underserved communities.in 2021, the nourish dc collaborative was created in partnership with Washington d.c. local government to support the development of a robust ecosystem of locally owned food businesses especially in neighborhoods underserved by grocery stores and other food businesses. Since its launch, nourish dc has provided deployed over $16.5million in financing, $935,000 in grants, and technical assistance to over 680 food businesses in dc.
Affordable housing:capital Impact Partners bridges the gap between policy and development to improve the lives of low-income individuals. Capital Impact Partners' efforts in affordable housing focus primarily on supporting multifamily developments in markets where affordable housing has been identified as a need. In 2022, Capital Impact Partners disbursed approximately $149 million to aid in the renovation or new construction of 28 communities, consisting of 2,379 housing units, 68% of which are affordable.