Bay Area Community Impact Fund Grant

The Bay Area Community Impact Fund offers low-interest, long-term loans to nonprofit organizations and social enterprises, aiming to finance projects that promote racial and economic equity in underserved communities. By providing access to affordable capital, the fund empowers nonprofits to expand initiatives and invest in impactful projects. This partnership with donors allows for a sustainable funding model, recycling repaid loans into new opportunities and enhancing the foundation’s overall mission beyond traditional grantmaking.

Note: We accept Bay Area Community Impact Fund loan applications on a rolling basis. If your organization and project meet the criteria in the Application form, please contact us.
The Bay Area Community Impact Fund provides nonprofit organizations and social enterprises with low-interest, long-term loans and loan guarantees. These investments are also known as Program-Related Investments (PRIs).
The goal of this fund is to finance high-impact projects that align with our racial and economic equity agenda in underinvested communities. The Fund primarily lends to community development lenders and established nonprofits with demonstrated ability to use and repay loans. By providing nonprofits with access to affordable capital, our fund enables organizations to expand their activities and finance high-impact projects. As loans are repaid, the fund uses the money to invest in new projects, recycling capital for the continuing benefit of the region.
PRIs are an important complement to the foundation’s grantmaking, supporting our mission and amplifying our programmatic impact in a sustainable way. Our fund is a partnership with our donors. Funds come from the foundation’s endowment and from donors willing to invest some of their charitable resources for these catalytic projects. Making PRI investments allows us to fund projects at a scale that wouldn’t be possible with grantmaking alone.