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
“When you’re starting up a business, there are a lot of things you need to know, and a lot of resources to know about. The Loan Fund was there to direct me down the right path.” Read More
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
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
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $12,000 from the People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank. The grant supports VCLF’s Business Loan Program which provides funding and business skills training to Vermont’s small and family-owned businesses, helping to create and preserve quality jobs throughout the state.Read More
In the first half of 2015, the Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) loaned $2,883,650 to Vermont's small businesses, early education and child care programs, affordable housing developers, and facilities providing vital community services.Read More
VCLF's bi-annual newsletter, NoteWorthy, is hot off the press! The Summer 2015 edition covers the launch of our new Food, Farms & Forests Fund.Read More