Nonprofits and Debt Capital: Embrace the Strategic Use of Borrowing

Register Now to Learn How Your Nonprofit Can Embrace the Strategic Use of Borrowing. 

Fully capitalizing nonprofits for day-to-day sustainability, let alone potential growth, is never easy and often requires patching together multiple forms of capital. One of these forms of capital are borrowing or debt.

Many nonprofits tend to resist borrowing for many reasons, and it may be hard for some organizations to access. However, even in this environment, how might we embrace its strategic use in a robust but well-informed manner? We invite you to register now for a guided deep dive into the full range of debt strategies for organizations of all sizes and types. Along the way, we will bust some myths and address issues in uneven access to lending.

On March 15, the Nonprofit Financial Commons will provide a foundation for understanding the basics of a wide range of nonprofit debt opportunities, including lines of credit, facilities loans, and lending for organizational capacity building, among other things. 

Register for this webinar to learn about the following:

• The most common types of loans to nonprofits
• The most common sources of the various types of loans you may wish to access
• The requirements and qualities of different types of loans and the lenders with which they are associated
• How to prepare to request a loan
• How to screen loan opportunities

The presenters will also discuss issues concerning inequitable access to debt and common myths about the use of debt by nonprofits.

The event will be co-hosted by two of the nation’s most well-known and hands-on experts on nonprofit lending, Kate Barr, President and CEO of Propel Nonprofits, and Dana Lieberman, Senior Vice President of IFF. Both organizations are leaders in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI).

Both Barr and Lieberman have decades of direct and innovative lending experience to nonprofits of all sizes and a comprehensive understanding of the larger public and private borrowing environment for nonprofits. The panel will include two nonprofits of varying sizes and types who have used debt successfully, and we will leave plenty of time for your questions.