Impact Metrics Since 2010

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Supporting Small Businesses

1083 employee-owned businesses
1083 employee-owned businesses

Where Did the Financing Go?

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1083 employee-owned businesses
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Creating Food Security

100,000 households have access to quality food
100,000 households have access to quality food
88 percent loans to businesses in “food deserts”
1083 employee-owned businesses
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Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing

1083 employee-owned businesses
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Growing an Alternative Economic Ecosystem

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L-R: Belfast Food Coop expands (ME), Wellspring Greenhouse (MA) with LEAF Executive Director, Jamaica Mi Hungry (MA), Bonnie's Place (MT) Resident Owned Community (ROC)

LEAF and our partners are dedicated to growing an alternative economic ecosystem

LEAF's partnerships allow small businesses and co-ops to leverage financing, help LEAF provide more services for small businesses, and, in so doing, demonstrate what an alternative economic ecosystem looks like.

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