Vision
We envision more inspired, joyful, connected communities where creative entrepreneurs and arts organizations thrive. We aspire to be the first national CDFI for the creative community, supporting artists and arts organizations on their journey towards economic empowerment and sustainability.
Mission
As a social purpose corporation, our mission is to connect creative entrepreneurs and arts organizations to capital that fuels next-level growth.
Values
- Simple – Through transparent practices, simplified applications, people-to-people information sharing, we seek to bring all the benefits of community development to the financial services landscape for creative entrepreneurs and arts organizations.
- Connected – We understand the importance of stitching our communities back together in a spirit of optimism and loving compassion. Our local approach to supportive lending will improve borrower success and ultimately drive up our rates of repayment.
- Abundant – Building on a community orientation which amplifies economic opportunity and financial equity, we look to democratize wealth. Together we are better and can do exponentially more in service to our community.
- Fierce – Greater financial equity and economic empowerment through wealth-building for our clients is central to everything we do. We will fiercely advocate for creative entrepreneurs and arts orgs to support and amplify the transformative power they hold within our communities.
- Intentional – We champion women and historically underrepresented artists and entrepreneurs – specifically Urban Native, Indigenous, Black, Pacific-Islander, Asian and Latine, and/or LGBTQIA+ creatives and arts organizations who recognize intersectionality within our community.
Initial Product Offerings
Development Services
- We provide technical assistance to all of our clients in the form of financial literacy programming, wraparound technical support, industry and discipline-specific cohorts for borrowers, and mentorship from industry leaders.
Lending and Financial Products
- Phase 1: Bridge Loans, Business Financing, Project-Based Loans
- Phase 2: Commercial Real Estate Financing, Community Facility Financing, Residential Real Estate Financing