NCCLF’s Grant Programs have distributed grants via its Nonprofit Space Capital Fund (NSCF) to help nonprofits acquire or expand existing program and office space.

All funds from the initial capitalization of NCCLF’s grants program have been successfully disbursed. If you are interested in capitalizing a new round of grantmaking, please contact our development office by email or by calling 415.392.8215.

NSCF Operated Two Grant Programs

The San Francisco/Alameda County Program provided planning and capital grants to San Francisco and Alameda County-based nonprofits seeking to establish new, permanently affordable nonprofit program and office space through capital expansion projects or the acquisition or long-term leasing of real estate.

The Performing Arts Program provided grants to performing arts organizations that were looking to acquire and/or renovate mid-size, live performing arts facilities.

NCCLF created the Nonprofit Space Capital Fund
in 2002 with grants from:

The City and County of San Francisco
The Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Northern California Grantmakers
The Partnership for Affordable Nonprofit Space Coalition
The Seligman Family Foundation

Subsequently, NCCLF received grants from:
The Walter And Elise Haas Fund
The San Francisco Foundation
CDFI Fund of the United States Department of Treasury
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (for the Performing Arts Program)
The Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund

In addition to grants received for the NSCF, NCCLF received low-interest financing from Wells Fargo Bank and access to a $4 million loan guarantee pool at The San Francisco Foundation.