Since our investment activity began in 2011, we have been steadily growing our investment portfolio each year. By 2020, SCF had made 20 unique investments into 13 organizations with a total portfolio of 12 investments worth $3.1 million.
Since our investment activity began in 2011, we have been steadily growing our investment portfolio each year. By 2020, SCF had made 20 unique investments into 13 organizations with a total portfolio of 12 investments worth $3.1 million.
Portfolio
Impact Investments
Financial Inclusion
Focused
CDFI’s
SCF’s CAPITAL FUNDS:
Diversity Lending
Term: 2019 – 2025
Amount: $300,000
Use: Loans for women, minority and veteran entrepreneurs in lower-Michigan expansion region
Southern Coastal Disaster Lending
Term: 2019 – 2025
Amount: $200,000
Use: Small businesses disaster recovery loans within FEMA disaster areas in southern coastal states
LiftUp Loan Program
Term: 2019 – 2025
Amount: $200,000
Use: Small business loans offering more flexible underwriting standards in 13 southern states
Community Loan Fund
Term: 2019 – 2023
Amount: $300,000
Use: Loans for affordable housing and community development projects in rural Appalachia
Blue Highway Growth Capital Fund
Term: 2018 – 2029
Amount: $400,000
Use: Supports the expansion of small, rural businesses lacking access to growth capital through equity investments
Diversity Fund
Term: 2018 – 2021
Amount: $350,000
Use: Loans in Texas for women, minority and veteran entrepreneurs, using flexible underwriting
Native American Bank – General Loan Fund
Term: 2018 – 2022
Amount: $300,000
Use: Loans supporting Native American entrepreneurs and community/economic development projects across 22 states
Grameen America Inc. Loan Fund
Term: 2017 – 2022
Amount: $350,000
Use: No-collateral microloans for low-income, female, small-business owners; using group lending model
Runway Project Oakland
Term: 2017 – 2022
Amount: $100,000
Use: Loans for early-stage businesses run by African Americans that use non-traditional underwriting and offers holistic business supports
General Loan Platform
Term: 2017 – 2020
Amount: $258,640
Use: Loans benefitting low-income and underserved populations across a five-state region in the Deep South
Small Business Loan Fund
Term: 2016 – 2020
Amount: $120,000
Use: Microloans to low-income small-business owners within the Pacific Northwest
General Loan Platform
Term: 2015 – 2020
Amount: $254,649
Use: Multi-use loans to low-to-moderate income borrowers in CA, IL, and FL
LiftUp & Promise Loan Programs
Term: 2015 – 2019
Amount: $200,000
Use: Promise loans- Prototype micro-lending program using a flexible underwriting system designed to fund early-stage low-income businesses
Hurricane Harvey Small Business Recovery Fund
Term: 2017 – 2019
Amount: $100,000
Use: : Loans to support small business recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas
Regional Revolving Loan Fund
Term: 2014 – 2019
Amount: $75,000
Use: Loans paired with CDBG business loans for low-to-moderate income small businesses in rural upstate Michigan
Oikocredit International Loan Fund
Term: 2015 – 2016
Amount: $150,000
Use: Loans to Oikocredit’s partner microfinance, farming cooperatives and social enterprises serving the lowest income populations across the world
Finca Haiti
Term: 2011 – 2012
Amount: $37,500
Use: Microfinance loans to female-owned small businesses in Haiti to support post-earthquake recovery efforts
Texas Growth Markets
Term: 2011 – 2014
Amount: $70,000
Use: Texas- loans to low-income small business in regions targeted for capacity growth
LA – Expansion Markets
Term: 2011 – 2014
Amount: $70,000
Use: Louisiana- Loans to low-income small businesses owners in new expansion markets in the state
Affordable Community Mortgage Program
Term: 2012 – 2016
Loan Amount: $70,000
Area: A prototype mortgage fund lending to low-income borrowers across Michigan