The Vermont Community Loan Fund is a mission-driven, community-focused alternative lender. We provide loans and other resources to local businesses, community organizations & nonprofits, early care & learning providers and developers of affordable housing who don’t qualify for a loan from a traditional lender. We develop and promote innovative capital-based solutions to issues of poverty, justice and opportunity. We're invested in a stronger, healthier, happier Vermont.
The money we lend is loaned to us by impact investors who want to do more with their money. VCLF investors want a safe, sensible way to invest in Vermont, doing good for Vermonters today and saving for their own tomorrow. In thirty-six years, with over $125 million loaned, we've never failed to repay an investor. Individuals & families, institutions, communities of faith, community organizations: EVERYONE can invest in Vermont through the Vermont Community Loan Fund.
The Vermont Community Loan Fund is a mission-driven, community-focused alternative lender. We provide loans and other resources to local businesses, community organizations & nonprofits, early care & learning providers and developers of affordable housing who don’t qualify for a loan from a traditional lender. We develop and promote innovative capital-based solutions to issues of poverty, justice and opportunity. We're invested in a stronger, healthier, happier Vermont.
The money we lend is loaned to us by impact investors who want to do more with their money. VCLF investors want a safe, sensible way to invest in Vermont, doing good for Vermonters today and saving for their own tomorrow. In thirty-six years, with over $125 million loaned, we've never failed to repay an investor. Individuals & families, institutions, communities of faith, community organizations: EVERYONE can invest in Vermont through the Vermont Community Loan Fund.
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Opportunity is the heart of the Vermont Community Loan Fund. When entrepreneurs are ready to grow, when community leaders have a new idea to better provide their services, they know the Loan Fund has the patient, flexible loan capital and other resources to help them emerge, evolve and become.
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YOU can invest in Vermont, for Vermont. Join our community of impact investors - individuals & families, institutions, communities of faith, community organizations, and more - and do more with your money.
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Your philanthropy helps us to keep our financing affordable and provide critical business development resources and advisory services to our borrowers.Your gift to the Vermont Community Loan Fund is immediately put to work to strengthen Vermont communities.
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February 10th: With VCLF, a New American Entrepreneur Says 'Yes' to a New Bridal Showroom
Marina Smith, owner of South Burlington’s plush, newly relocated Veilmonte Bride showroom, got her first exposure to bridal couture growing up in Moldova, where she helped out at her aunt’s bustling bridal gown factory. The memory of those custom-designed, sparkling gowns and veils stayed with her. “I always dreamed of owning a bridal shop,” she says.
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January 10th: VCLF is Hiring!
Care about (and want to work toward) social & economic justice? JOIN THE VCLF TEAM! We're currently seeking a Director of Housing and Community Facilities Programs and a Career Technical Education Loan Program Project Manager.
December 14th: Read "Justice, Served: New Justice Forward Fund Opens the Door for Vermont's BIPOC Entrepreneurs" - Our Latest Newsletter!
Read all about the Loan Fund's new Justice Forward Fund (JFF), created to increase access to capital and opportunity for Vermont's BIPOC entrepreneurs and organization leaders. And, meet some of the exciting, new JFF borrowers who are making news - and delicious products - across Vermont!
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Fundscape, our interactive online map, helps you learn more about the Loan Fund's work throughout Vermont. Learn more about all the good things we're up to in YOUR community!
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