Nonprofit Finance Fund Financing (Term Loans, Bridge Loans and Lines of Credit)
A CDFI lender that supplies working capital, bridge loans against committed grants and contracts, lines of credit and term loans to mission-driven nonprofits, paired with financial-management consulting. For social work research it is most relevant as reimbursement-gap financing: agencies delivering the intervention under study can borrow against a signed contract so service delivery and data collection do not pause between payments, and NFF's advisory arm builds the financial-management capacity that a multi-site evaluation depends on.
- Indicative award
- $250k–$8M (total award)NFF's own page states its permanent loan fund ranges from $250,000 to $8 million, with lines of credit capped at $3 million; for larger needs NFF partners with other CDFIs and banks.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Rolling — financing inquiries are submitted through an online form at any time, after which NFF contacts the applicant to discuss the borrowing timeline. No published deadline.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Three stated eligibility gates on NFF's own inquiry page: the applicant must be a mission-driven organization advancing economic, social or cultural development; it must have operated at least three years OR have secured funding streams with an identified repayment source; and it must produce annual CPA-prepared audited financial statements. Geography is the binding constraint — NFF currently lends in 21 states plus Washington, D.C. (AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, LA, MD, MA, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, WA and D.C.), with other regions considered case by case. A university is not the inte
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- nonprofit finance · working capital · cdfi lending · financial management consulting · contract reimbursement gap
- Apply at
- https://nff.org/our-work/financing/inquire-about-financing
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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- Faculty grant programLois and Samuel Silberman Fundup to $50k · Annual cycle
- Grants in aging and serious illness careThe John A. Hartford Foundation$250k–$3M · By invitation