Charter School Growth Fund
Service Providers: Nonprofit Lender
- less than one year
- one to three years
- more than three years of operating history or one charter renewal
- charter management organizations
The Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) identifies the country's best charter schools, funds their expansion, and helps to increase their impact. The organization is driven by a conviction that all children deserve great public schools in their communities. In addition to financing, it provides financing technical assistance and real estate technical assistance. Charter School Growth Fund’s facilities investments are available only for charter school operators that have received a growth investment from CSGF. Available products are described below:
| Terms (Years) | |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans | 5 |
| Construction loans | 5 |
| Mini-permanent loans | 5 |
| Permanent loans | N/A |
| Predevelopment loans | 5 |
| Working capital | 2 |
| Maximum financing for a single project | $5,000,000 |
| Maximum amortization (years) | Interest-only |
| Portfolio Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total historic financing1 | $98,000,000 |
| Number of schools supported | 66 |
| NMTC allocation employed for charter facilities | N/A |
| Number of schools supported with NMTC | N/A |
| CDFI BGP allocation deployed for schools | N/A |
| Number of schools supported with CDFI BGP | N/A |
| Remaining capacity in CDFI BGP allocation | N/A |
| Portfolio Performance | |
|---|---|
| $ amount of financing repaid/refinanced2 | $51,500,000 |
| NMTC matured/refinanced | N/A |
| Total number of transactions3 | 50 |
| Original $ amount of defaults4 | $875,000 |
| Number of defaults | 1 |
| Default rate (% of total $ amount of financing) | 1% |
| Default rate (% of total number of financings) | 2% |
| $ amount write-offs | $0 |
| Number of write-offs | 0 |
| Write-off rate (% of total $ amount of financing) | 0% |
| Write-off rate (% of total number of financings) | 0% |
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: October 2018
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