We are a statewide nonprofit financial intermediary working to enable progress and inspire change within Ohio’s low-income communities. By building bridges to economic development and community revitalization, we aim to create opportunities that make a better quality of life possible.

In the course of our work, we hold dear these values:

1. We believe that people are important.
2. We believe we have a responsibility to help people gain equal access to a quality life.
3. We believe we can facilitate positive system change.

What we do

Working primarily within low-income rural and urban communities, we connect local community development organizations and small businesses with needed funding in the form of grants, loans and nontraditional financial products. These resources support a wide range of projects, including:

• Affordable Housing
• Child Care and Early Learning Facilities
• Small Business Entrepreneurship
• Community Facilities Commercial Revitalization

How we do it

Our clients include community-based nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses serving the low-income community throughout Ohio. As an intermediary, we form creative public-private partnerships with financial institutions, investors, charitable foundations, community organizations and federal, state and local governments in order to provide the funding clients need.

Mission

Finance Fund will be a leading partner in empowering the low-income community.

Vision

Finance Fund builds bridges between resources and the low-income community to improve the quality of life for people.

highlights

PRESS RELEASE: Finance Fund Launches Program to Help Ohio Communities Reclaim Vacant and Abandoned Properties read more...

PRESS RELEASE: $500,000 USDA Loan now available to fund business development in your county read more...

Spring 2008 CONNECTIONS Newsletter click here

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