2010 Landscape

The 2010 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape is an updated mapping survey of private nonprofit and public financing programs for charter school facilities across the nation, including for the first time, information on charter school access to the tax-exempt bond market. The 2010 Landscape includes descriptions of private philanthropies and nonprofit organizations active in the sector and detailed data on all rated charter school bond issuances through 2009. Performance data is provided for both loans and tax-exempt bond issues. Public initiatives are also detailed, including federal programs supportive of charter school facilities and state policies in all 40 jurisdictions with a charter law.

The 2010 Landscape will serve as a roadmap for individual charter schools as they strive to finance their buildings and as a policy guide for those interested in helping to rationalize the sector and develop more equitable funding for charter school facilities. The report includes all available website and statutory references, with active links in the electronic version. Also available here in spreadsheet form is data from particular sections of the report, including data in the appendices and certain tables in the "Federal Initiative" section of the report.

• Download 2010 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape (PDF, 2.54 MB)
• Appendix A: Summary Data for Nonprofit Financing Organizations (XLS, 57 KB)
• Appendix B: Rated Charter School Bond Issuance (Study Version) (XLS, 103 KB)
• Appendix B: Rated Charter School Bond Issuance (Expanded Version) (XLS, 116 KB)
• Credit Enhancement Grant Recipients (XLS, 36 KB)
• State Incentive Grant Recipients (XLS, 33 KB)
• NMTC Utilization for Charters (XLS, 45 KB)
• USDA Rural Development Charter Financing (XLS, 35 KB)

Previous Landscapes

• Download 2007 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape (PDF, 1.64 MB)
• Download 2005 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape (PDF, 838.90 KB)