Step Clearinghouse CDFI

Service Providers: Nonprofit Lender
10
schools supported
$ 32,098,000
in financings

  • Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington

  • less than one year 
  • one to three years 
  • more than three years of operating history or one charter renewal
  • charter management organizations
  • stand-alone schools
  • single-site schools

Clearinghouse CDFI is a community lender that provides financing for projects that create economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for lower-income individuals and underserved communities. This includes direct loans for affordable housing, community facilities, small businesses, and commercial real estate. Loan types include construction, acquisition, renovation, expansion, and refinance. Clearinghouse CDFI offers both short and long-term permanent, fixed-rate mortgages from 3-years to 25-years fully amortizing underserved communities. Available products are described below:

Terms (Years)
Acquisition loans20
Construction loans2
Mini-permanent loans5
Permanent loans20
Predevelopment loansN/A
Working capitalN/A
Leverage loans7

Maximum financing for a single project$15,000,000
Maximum amortization (years)30

Financial Overview
U.S. Department of Education (ED) Credit EnhancementN/A
New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation total$603,000,000
Community Development Financial Institutions Bond Guarantee Program (CDFI BGP) allocation total$450,000,000

Portfolio Statistics
Total historic financing1$32,098,000
Number of schools supported10
NMTC allocation employed for charter facilities$0
Number of schools supported with NMTC0
CDFI BGP allocation deployed for schools$20,691,466
Number of schools supported with CDFI BGP5
Remaining capacity in CDFI BGP allocation$163,000,000

Portfolio Performance
$ amount of financing repaid/refinanced2$96,588,998
NMTC matured/refinancedN/A
Total number of transactions331
Original $ amount of defaults4$1,387,745
Number of defaults1
Default rate (% of total $ amount of financing)1.05%
Default rate (% of total number of financings)2.38%
$ amount write-offs$0
Number of write-offs0
Write-off rate (% of total $ amount of financing)N/A
Write-off rate (% of total number of financings)N/A

Footnotes:

1Financing defined as grants, recoverable grants, loans, and guarantees.

2Includes full repayments only; does not include partial amortizations or restructurings.

3Number includes only those financings with a repayment obligation; it excludes grants.

4A defaulted loan is defined as one in which the school can no longer make debt service payments and the lender must litigate or foreclose for repayment. This figure represents the loan amount at origination, not the amount outstanding at default.

Last updated: February 2022

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