The Director of Business Resources will be responsible for VCLF’s advisory and resource services, including the oversight and management of the Business Resource Center (BRC) and its staff. The Director of Business Resources leads the BRC in providing an evolving program of technical assistance to a diverse and growing portfolio of clients throughout the state of Vermont. This position reports to the Executive Director and is part of the senior management team. Read More
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) is a nonprofit financial institution that provides loans and other resources to local businesses, community organizations & nonprofits, early care & learning providers and developers of affordable housing. We develop and promote innovative capital-based solutions to issues of poverty and opportunity. VCLF is hiring a Loan Administrator. This position will work in all aspects of loan processing and servicing. Read More
Ten years ago, the Loan Fund launched our first technical assistance programming in the form of Project SUCCESS, which provided specialized resources and services to support early care & learning entrepreneurs. But since then, “things have evolved quite a bit,” says Elena Gustavson, VCLF’s Director of Business Resources. Read More
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) approved $1,463,400 in financing to Vermont’s small businesses, community-based organizations and developers of affordable housing during the first quarter of 2013.Read More
On the evening of Thursday, September 27th, the Vermont Community Loan Fund celebrated its 25th anniversary, amidst the company of founders, investors, donors, borrowers, staff and board, stakeholders, legislators and friends of all stripes - who came together to recognize the nonprofit, mission-driven lender’s social and financial impacts across Vermont.Read More
In response to new and improved crib safety standards instituted last year by the U.S. Consumer Protection Safety Commission, the Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) has announced a new loan program to help child care programs pay for purchases of new, safety compliant cribs.Read More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has announced that the Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) has been awarded a grant of $671,416 to support its mission-driven lending to Vermont’s small businesses, community facilities and affordable housing and child care programs.Read More
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) approved $1,379,000 in financing to affordable housing developers, and small businesses throughout Vermont, during the first quarter of 2012.Read More