Bay Area Preservation Finance Table
In light of the MacKenzie Scott Foundation grant, SFCLT has taken a leadership role this year in convening all stakeholders in the community ownership movement with the Bay Area Preservation Finance Table (BAPFT). The BAPFT 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 provide a platform to share best practices, exchange innovative ideas, and collaboratively address challenges around preservation work in the Bay.
Since starting the BAPFT in November 2023, the convening has grown from 14 organizations represented at our first meeting, to more than 50 organizations at our third quarterly gathering in August 2024.
Our August meeting focused on the Preservation Lookbook, a demonstrated example of community ownership pipeline projects in the Bay Area, ready to move forward but for financing and/or capacity constraints. Working for months in collaboration with our CLT partners throughout the region, we compiled 20 community ownership projects from 6 out of 9 Bay Area counties, ranging from single-family homes to developments with dozens of units.
At the meeting, we explored with our partner CLTs the barriers to moving their project forward, workshopped ways to gain access to financing and fostered engagement across sectors to make these projects happen.
We emerged from our meeting with new ideas, new connections, and a renewed energy behind the community ownership movement.
Here is our current list of BAPFT 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