With great excitement, The Northern California Community Loan Fund launched the NCCLF Central Valley Community Facilities Challenge on February 8, 2012 at California State University Fresno (FSU). The challenge, in partnership with the university, is an innovative, collaborative program that

NCCLF invites you and a guest to attend our Community Facilities Challenge Kick-Off Party! The kick-off party will take place at Fresno State University’s Henry Madden Library, Room 2206, on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Want a sneak peek into something that will be fun…and will lead to more fun?! Please join NCCLF as we celebrate our incorporation as a nonprofit agency providing service to low-income communities. Where: Antonia Manor, 180 Turk Street San Francisco,

Chase has awarded a $2 million grant to NCCLF. The grant will be used to provide loans to nonprofit agencies to support larger-scale affordable housing preservation projects in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley communities. “This is

Axis Community Health, Inc. provides accessible and compassionate healthcare services to low-income and working- poor residents in the Tri-Valley area of Eastern Alameda County. The organization was founded in 1972 and currently has six sites. Services include medical, mental health

NCCLF presents two webinars in January 2012. The first webinar will be on New Market Tax Credits, a financing option for community developers to develop facilities and create economic development opportunities in low-income communities. The tax credits can be used

25 Years – Uplifting Communities NCCLF will be celebrating our 25-year anniversary event on Thursday, May 24 2012. The celebration will take place at City View in the Metreon. More information to come as we get closer to the date.

The Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a local, community-based economic development corporation located in the Mission District of San Francisco. For over 38 years MEDA has worked to improve economic and social conditions in the neighborhood by stimulating investment,

At the recent Opportunity Finance Network national meeting, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, NCCLF’s President, Mary A. Rogier was re-elected to serve another three year term on the OFN Board of Directors. During Mary’s first term on the board, she was

The Arts & Cultural District Strategy for San Francisco’s Central Market Economic Strategy is available here. The study provides an analysis of best practices from various North American Cities that supported the development of an arts district, which provided benefits