Jeffrey Monge, Managing Partner, Monge Capital, Newark, New Jersey

The NMTC programs help create sustainable social and economic impact for communities representative of the community I was born and raised in the Bronx. Also, it is a unique opportunity for MBE firms like mine to “do good and well” based on our knowledge of the industry and our knowledge of the markets we serve.

Brendan Leonard, CFO, Greater Burlington YMCA, Burlington, Vermont

The NMTC program was critical to our success in building a new YMCA building to serve our community. Our new building, which will open Jan 1, 2020, will enable us to serve our community much better, supporting a variety of programs and serving many more members than we could before. The NMTC program allowed us […]

Debra Shoaf, Chief Financial Officer, Atlanta Community Food Bank

The NMTC program is the best example of a public-private partnership. It provides financial incentive and benefit to investors while serving communities that would otherwise never receive these investments. It creates jobs, which stabilizes and improves communities thereby reducing the burden of public assistance in areas without options. It provides benefit to constituents who value […]

Allison Coleman, Capital Link, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts

The NMTC program is a critical resource for financing federally qualified health center facility projects nationally. Without the extension of this important program, many fewer low-income patients will be able to access primary and preventive care, as well as life-saving behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment.

Joni Robertson, CAO, Golden Valley Natural, Shelley, Shelley, Idaho

The NMTC program has provided jobs and benefits to our community. It has been a huge benefit and has benefited many families. It has provided jobs and given employees an opportunity to learn new skills and have opportunities for job advancement within our organization. It has also allowed these employees to become more marketable and […]

Brian Higgins, Executive Director, Parson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

The NMTC is an important source of financing for businesses and community facilities in America’s most economically distressed rural and urban communities. Over the past 15 years, communities have come to count on the NMTC as a source of low-cost capital for challenging projects that would not have been possible but-for the NMTC. Since 2003, […]

Anke Schreiber, Historic Preservation Specialist, LDA Architects Inc., Cleveland, Ohio

The NMTC is an important financing tool to support projects that are generally more difficult to achieve because of budget constraints and their locality. They allow feasibility in neighborhoods that are located in distressed urban and rural communities. The NMTC is a critical source of financing for projects that otherwise would not be economically viable.

Othello Meadows, CEO, 75 North Revitalization Corp, Omaha, Nebraska

The NMTC is a source of funding for businesses and community facilities in distressed urban communities such ss we have in the Highlander Neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Without this funding our neighborhood would be challenged to get funds to provide the life changing and betterment of families that we have provided for our local area.

Jennifer Graham, Founder & CEO, Civic Dinners, Atlanta, Georgia

The NMTC has enabled Civic Dinners to create more jobs in the heart of Atlanta, and scale faster at a time when we need civil conversations more than ever. It is imperative to keep supporting and uplifting the people working day in and day out to better their own communities while creating sustainable jobs. If […]

Will Shurtleff, First Vice President, BancorpSouth, Jackson, Mississippi

The NMTC allows projects in distressed communities that may not otherwise be feasible to not only be completed, but thrive. The NMTC subsidy allows public/private partnerships to provide much-needed capital to create and retain jobs, provide healthcare and goods and services to populations in rural communities that have historically not had access to such.

Victoria Kaplan, Writing for Change, Seattle, Washington

The New Markets tax credit’s are a vital ingredient for developing opportunities in communities of color. It would be a terrible mistake to eliminate this effective vehicle for developing communities that have been shut out of community growth.