Arts Loan Fund
The Arts Loan Fund (ALF) is a collaborative program of the members of Northern California Grantmakers. It provides quick-turnaround, low-cost financial assistance to arts organizations located in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, and individual artists located in the cities of Oakland and San Francisco.
The ALF was started in 1981 in response to the unique cash flow needs of arts organizations. While large nonprofit institutions and businesses can use commercial lenders, community arts groups generally cannot draw upon such resources or may pay high interest rates to do so. The ALF works to fill this gap and to provide a useful financial tool for small and mid-sized arts organizations.
So far the ALF has provided 1,258 loans totaling $16,008,547, a huge investment in the health of the Bay Area arts community.
In This Area
- History & Leadership
Learn about the grantmakers behind this uncommon collaboration - Apply for a Loan
For nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists - Return to your Loan Application
Materials
- ALF Staff
- ALF Cash Flow Template
a mandatory attachment for ALF loan applications - ALF List of Pending & Confirmed Funds
another mandatory attachment to the ALF loan application - ALF Board Resolution
the final mandatory attachment to ALF loan applications
Links
- Are funder collaboratives good for grantees?
GrantCraft asked 1,200 readers this question and came up with interesting results plus five lessons - The Arts Loan Fund Website
The public website of the Fund - Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Offers direct financial and educational assistance to craft artists, including emergency relief assistance, business development support, and resources. - Creative Work Fund
The Creative Work Fund is an annual grantmaking program for San Francisco Bay Area arthists that invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaboration. - Disaster Recovery Assistance for Performing Arts Organizations
A disaster relief issue brief from the Performing Arts Alliance, a coalition of performing arts advocates.
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