Recent News
January 18th: VCLF is Hiring a Business Navigator
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) is hiring a Business Advisor to provide a variety of financial and business management advisement, technical assistance, and related educational services to new and existing small and micro businesses and organizations as part of VCLF’s Business Resource Center. Read More
January 2021 Update: VCLF & the Paycheck Protection Program
April 6th, 2020 Update on the Vermont Community Loan Fund's participation in the US Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Read More
VCLFs Will Belongia and Jake Ide Discuss 2020s Challenges, New Initiatives & More on WDEV Radio
Listen in as Will Belongia, our Executive Director, and Jake Ide, our Director of Investment & Philanthropy, discuss the Loan Fund's latest challenges, lending programs and initiatives on local radio station WDEV's "Vermont Viewpoint" with host Ric Cengeri. Read More
VCLF Lends $790,000 in 3rd Quarter 2015
VCLF Borrower Named Early Childhood Educator of the Year
”‹The Windham Child Care Association has announced VCLF borrower Melanie Zinn of HoriZinn Early Learning Program in Vernon as the winner of this year's Early Childhood Educator of the Year Award. .Read More
VCLF Borrower Reconized for Socially Responsible Business Practices
”‹Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) presented Duane Peterson, cofounder of VCLF borrower SunCommon, with the Terry Ehrich Award for Excellence in Socially Responsible Business.Read More
VCLF Awarded $787,000 Grant from Federal CDFI Fund
”‹The Vermont Community Loan Fund has been awarded a $786,840 grant from the US Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The CDFI Fund awards grants to build capacity of loan funds and other financial institutions serving communities that lack access to financial resources.Read More