Self-Help Archives

College of the Desert Indio ()

Higher Education, Makerspace
CDEs: Border Communities Capital Company, California Statewide Communities Development Corporation, Clearinghouse CDFI, Prestamos CDFI, Self-Help, TELACU, USBCDE

NMTC financed project expands training and education for 10,000 students

Urban Assembly High School ()

Schools
CDEs: NYC Neighborhood Capital Corporation, NYCR-CDE, Self-Help, The Community Builders

New School Building Financed with NMTC Brings High-Quality Technical Education to Students in the South Bronx

Esperanza Chicago II (2023)

Chicago, IL

FQHCs
CDEs: Chicago Development Fund, PNC, SCORE, Self-Help

The construction of a 44,000 sq. ft. health and wellness center for Esperanza Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center focused on improving health care access on Chicago’s Southwest side.

Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science (2023)

Bronx, NY

Schools
CDEs: Chase, NYC Neighborhood Capital Corporation, NYCR-CDE, Self-Help, The Community Builders

Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science (“Comp Sci High”) is a single-site work-based learning, computer science focused non-profit Charter school in the South Bronx. Founded in 2018 with a

FLS Energy (2014)

Ellenboro, NC

Solar
CDEs: Self-Help

FLS Energy constructed 38 megawatts of utility-scale solar farms near Hendersonville, in Rutherford County and at six other sites in North Carolina. Across the state, the array of solar panels

362 Depot Street (2009)

Asheville, NC

Arts, Mixed-use, Retail
CDEs: Self-Help

Arts nonprofit uses NMTC for owned/managed office and retail space.

Valor College Prep (2017)

Nashville, TN

Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

Construction of the new high school facility will create 750 new student seats in the South Nashville.

Frogs Leap Public House (2010)

Waynesville, NC

Retail
CDEs: Self-Help

The inside of Waynesville’s 44 Church Street does not, today, bustle with life, warmth and the scintillating scent of food wafting through the air, as it once did. The former

Raleigh Times Building (2010)

Raleigh, NC

Retail
CDEs: Self-Help

One of Raleigh’s most important buildings in the first part of the 1900s, this building housed the Evening Times, which later became the Raleigh Times newspaper. The Times building possesses

KIPP Gaston College Prep (2013)

Gaston, NC

Community, FQHCs, Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

KIPP Gaston College Preparatory Public School opened in 2001 and serves 1,043 students in Grades K-1, 5-12 in rural Northhampton County. Gaston Prep provides transportation and lunch to its mostly

87 Depot Street Revival (2011)

Asheville,

Housing, Mixed-use
CDEs: Self-Help

Restoration of a vacant historic building.

The Rhodes School (2009)

Houston,

Community, Public School, Schools, Youth and Families
CDEs: Self-Help

Self-Help provided NMTC financing for the Rhodes School, which expanded parents' educational choices in the North Channel area

Sarah Brennan ()

CDEs: Self-Help

Sarah Brennan is structured finance sector leader at Self-Help Ventures Fund. Self-Help is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) whose mission is to create and protect ownership and economic

Somerset Academy Middle School (2011)

Miami, FL

Community, Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

Somerset Academy South Miami, SoMi, is a free, public charter school that opened its doors during the 2009-2010 school year.

SLAM Charter School (2015)

Miami, FL

Community, Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

Financing for an accredited 6-12 school, integrates sports-related themes in the classroom to engage students in the classroom.

Pineywoods Community Academy (2007)

Lufkin, TX

Community, Schools, Youth and Families
CDEs: Self-Help

Financing supported Pineywoods Community Academy, a public, open enrollment Charter School.

East Side Food Co-Op (2015)

Minneapolis, MN

Co-ops, Grocery and Fresh Food, HFFI, Retail, Retail and Commercial
CDEs: Self-Help

The NMTC helped a food co-op expand and provide greater access to healthy food in a USDA food desert.

Coyaba Dance Theater (2013)

Washington, DC

Arts, Community, Theaters and Performing Arts Spaces
CDEs: Self-Help

Major renovations and expansion of a theater building for a dance company.

Selma Solar (2014)

Selma, NC

Energy, Environment, Solar
CDEs: Self-Help

Financing for the development and management of a 2.3 MW solar farm located in Selma, North Carolina.

iMater Elementary School (2014)

Hialeah, FL

Community, Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

Financing for iMater Elementary School, a public charter school.

Henderson Collegiate Public Charter (2013)

Henderson, NC

Community, Rural, Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

Henderson Collegiate is one of the best high performing public charter schools Henderson NC.

Montessori for All (2008)

Fort Worth, TX

Community, Schools
CDEs: Self-Help

Construction of a new charter school facility.

CDE: Self-Help

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