"The Bay Area Preservation Finance Table" brings together Funders, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)/Credit Unions, Government Actors and Research Institutes to engage in regular meetings to facilitate brainstorming, strategy development, and program refinement. These sessions will provide a platform to share best practices, exchange innovative ideas, and collaboratively address challenges around preservation work in the Bay. Your participation in this cohort will be a unique opportunity to contribute your knowledge and experience while working alongside other passionate leaders who share a common goal of advancing housing equity.

Purpose of the Cohort:

The primary purpose of this cohort is to collaborate on the development of SFCLT's business model and program framework for the Capital Campaign. By uniting a diverse group of housing funders, experts, and stakeholders, we aim to harness the collective wisdom, insights, and financial resources to create a robust strategy that maximizes the impact of Mackenzie Scott's generous donation and propels our mission forward.

SFCLT is offering a fee for service program and launching a $5mm campaign to offer technical assistance services for free to other Community Land Trusts and small BIPOC led developers with a resident centered model for three years. These funds would assist small developers in the Bay to increase their capacity rapidly in order to meet the housing opportunity and need identified above!

Meeting Frequency:

We recognize the value of your time and commitment, and as such, we are planning to schedule cohort meetings on a quarterly basis. These meetings will strike a balance between maintaining momentum and respecting your professional commitments. Each session will be designed to be engaging, focused, and results-oriented. If you are interested in joining and being part of the table, please contact sbailey@sfclt.org

Here is our current list of member organizations:

Alameda County Community Development Agency

Artist’s Space Trust

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority

Bay Area Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Bolinas Land Trust

California Community Land Trust Network

Candide Group

Care CLT

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

City of Berkeley

City of San Jose

City of San Mateo

CLAM

Common Counsel Foundation

Commonspace CLT

Community Vision

Contra Costa County

Coro Norcal

Crankstart Organization

Densify Lab LLC

East Palo Alto Community Alliance and Neighborhood Development Organization

Eden Housing

Enterprise Community Partners

Grounded Network Solutions

Habitat for Humanity

James Irvine Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

Marin County

Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development

Midpen

Momentus Capital

Mountain View Solidarity Fund

Mt. Tam CLT

National Housing Trust

Northern California Community Land Trust

Northern California Grantmakers

Othering & Belonging Institute, UC Berkeley

Richmond Community Foundation

Richmond Land Community Land Trust

Sacramento Community Land Trust

San Francisco Community Land Trust

San Francisco Foundation

San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund

Self-Help Credit Union

Sonoma County

Stinson Beach Affordable Housing Committee

Supportive Housing Land Alliance Community (SHCLA)

The California Endowment

Two Valleys Community Land Trust

Urban Habitat

West Marin Fund

Women's Foundation California

Bay Area Finance Table - Maps:

At the most recent meeting, SFCLT unveiled some exciting data we collected in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners on the preservation financing landscape for the Bay Area, which can be accessed in this database, as well as, a database of organizations in the community ownership ecosystem supporting this work inclusive of: tenant organizing organizations, developers, funders, CDFIs, preservation advocacy groups, government actors and research institutes. At this meeting, SFCLT identified potential public dollars available to the region for preservation over the next three years. However, in order to best utilize this funding, we need to also increase the capacity of small developers in the Bay Area like Community Land Trusts.