We're looking to add a Loan Officer to the VCLF team, to help us meet our goal of providing economic opportunities to low- and moderate-income Vermonters. Read More
It's been a challenging road, but at every turn we've been guided by our core values. Community. Access. Justice. Read More
The Vermont Community Loan Fund has launched the Justice Forward Fund, a new financing and business assistance resource for Black, Indigenous & Vermonters of Color (BIPOC Vermonters). A Special Purpose Credit Program, the JFF provides low-/no-cost loans and business development services. Read More
From the Loan Fund’s new home at 7 School Street in Montpelier, VCLF Director of Business Resources Elena Gustavson glances at the large, wall-mounted memo board in the all-new Learning Lab. It’s filled from top to bottom with calendar items for the next several months: dates for surveys, details from brainstorming sessions, conferences, presentation topics and more. “And there’s a lot more coming up,” Elena says, excitedly..Read More
In the second quarter of 2021, the Vermont Community Loan Fund made a record 47 loans totaling $1,912,189 and supporting hundreds of Vermont jobs, early care & learning programs and the families enrolled in them, financing affordable homes and supporting provision of essential services in Vermont’s communities. With a total of $3.9 million loaned year-to-date, VCLF has already surpassed our 2020 lending and impacts and is on track to have one of our most impactful years ever..Read More
Read all about the determined VCLF borrowers who confronted the challenges of COVID-19 and re-strategized, relocated, re-committed and resumed business in these extraordinary times. Learn how the VCLF lending team has been breaking all previous lending records with their tireless efforts, borrower outreach, PPP loans...and more!.Read More
Read about the resilience of your Vermont neighbors, and the Loan Fund’s work offering resources and creating opportunity, in our 2020 Annual Report “State of Recovery: Working Toward a More Resilient, More Equitable Vermont”..Read More
The Vermont Community Loan Fund has been awarded $1.8 million dollars from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Rapid Response Program, to deploy to Vermont businesses and communities hit hardest by COVID-19. .Read More
