Step Enterprise Community Loan Fund

Service Providers: Nonprofit Lender
21
schools supported
$ 80,326,628
in financings

  • National

  • more than three years of operating history or one charter renewal
  • charter management organizations

Enterprise Community Loan Fund, a national nonprofit loan fund, is a Treasury Department-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). It works with mission-aligned organizations to support families with low and/or moderate incomes: delivering innovative financial products; providing technical assistance; financing the acquisition, development, and preservation of quality affordable housing; and supporting communities by facilitating access to quality affordable health care, educational options, transportation, and healthy living environments. Enterprise Community Loan Fund provides financing services. Available products are detailed below:

Terms (Years)
Acquisition loans3
Construction loans2
Mini-permanent loans7
Permanent loans25
Predevelopment loans2
Working capital1

Maximum financing for a single project$7,000,000
Maximum amortization (years)30

Financial Overview
U.S. Department of Education (ED) Credit Enhancement$0
New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation total$1,020,000,000
Community Development Financial Institutions Bond Guarantee Program (CDFI BGP) allocation total$50,000,000

Portfolio Statistics
Total historic financing1$80,326,628
Number of schools supported21
NMTC allocation employed for charter facilities$48,218,292
Number of schools supported with NMTC4
CDFI BGP allocation deployed for schools$6,000,000
Number of schools supported with CDFI BGP1
Remaining capacity in CDFI BGP allocation$0

Portfolio Performance
$ amount of financing repaid/refinanced2$21,148,336
NMTC matured/refinanced$39,218,292
Total number of transactions315
Original $ amount of defaults4$2,714,000
Number of defaults1
Default rate (% of total $ amount of financing)3.37%
Default rate (% of total number of financings)6.67%
$ amount write-offs$0
Number of write-offs0
Write-off rate (% of total $ amount of financing)N/A
Write-off rate (% of total number of financings)N/A

Footnotes:

1Financing defined as grants, recoverable grants, loans, and guarantees.

2Includes full repayments only; does not include partial amortizations or restructurings.

3Number includes only those financings with a repayment obligation; it excludes grants.

4A defaulted loan is defined as one in which the school can no longer make debt service payments and the lender must litigate or foreclose for repayment. This figure represents the loan amount at origination, not the amount outstanding at default.

Last Updated: November 2021

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