Community Vision Capital & Consulting

Community Vision Capital & Consulting is a community development financial institution that provides financial products and consultant services to nonprofit organizations throughout Northern California. The organization has expertise in community development, nonprofit management, and financial analysis. Its programs provide flexible capital, in the form of loans and grants, and responsive advising to nonprofit organizations and small businesses in order to strengthen low-income communities. In its 37 years of operation, Community Vision has invested over $560 million in loans and nearly $40 million in grants in the work of approximately 1,200 organizations. This grant will support Community Vision Capital & Consulting in administering the Performing Arts Acquisition Fund, a grantmaking initiative to support real estate acquisition for organizations that meaningfully engage in the artistic and cultural vibrancy of communities throughout the Bay Area. This grant will advance the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy by developing leadership capacity and stabilizing critical community organizations and cultural assets for the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Community Vision Capital & Consulting is a community development financial institution that provides affordable financial products and consultant services to nonprofit organizations throughout Northern California. It has expertise in community development, nonprofit management, and financial analysis, and specializes in increasing the sustainability of organizations that are facing displacement or considering facility projects — services that are particularly important given the high cost of real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area. Continued support for the consulting and training programs of Community Vision helps advance the Performing Arts Program’s overall strategic framework.

The Northern California Community Loan Fund is a nonprofit that provides financial expertise and loan capital to organizations serving low-income communities in Northern and central California. The fund’s mission is to promote economic justice and alleviate poverty by increasing the financial resilience and sustainability of community-based nonprofits and enterprises. Through a variety of workshops and one-on-one engagements, the fund helps organizations understand their financial position and business models, offers audit preparation and advice on budgeting, and assesses their debt capacity.