As one of the nation's leading community development financial institutions, Nonprofit Finance Fund® (NFF®) makes millions of dollars in loans to nonprofits and pushes for fundamental improvement in how money is given and used in the sector. The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) uses HFFI financing to offer healthy food retail outlets coupled with education and outreach programs that promote food purchasing behavior change in low-income communities. Some funds from this award will be used to support the creation of City Slicker Farms in West Oakland, California, an urban farm and park, as well as LA Kitchen in Los Angeles, CA, to support tenant improvements to support the program’s culinary job training, food processing/food recovery, and senior meal distribution efforts. You can find more information about Nonprofit Finance Fund here.

Source of money: HFFI CDFI-Financial Assistance Program
Note: The Nonprofit Finance Fund is a CDFI headquartered in New York, but the Nonprofit Finance Fund is also working in California and Pennsylvania.