Leaf Fund

Placerville Natural Food Cooperative (PNFC), Placerville, CA, is a town of about 10,000 residents on highway 50 between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, about 50 minutes from Sacramento. In 2011 the locals who shopped at the failing natural foods store wanted…

Earlier this year, we asked our clients to share their successes over the past year. We are proud of the work our borrowers do to help their neighborhoods flourish. Here are a few stories we received from them in their…

ImpactAssets’ Twelfth IA 50 Impact Fund List Showcases 163 Fund Managers and $122 Billion in Assets Under Management The 2023 edition of IA 50 features a record number of private impact fund managers delivering social and environmental impact as well…

Comfort Kitchen opened its doors on January 25th, 2023 and is located in the heart of Upham’s Corner’s commercial center, just a 5-minute walk from its MBTA commuter rail station. The concept for Comfort Kitchen was formed in 2019, as…

Since 1984, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) has been making strides to create thriving, affordable communities in Boston’s Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods through its community-controlled land trust.  Unique in its breadth of urban land under neighborhood stewardship, the nonprofit has…

exc-63b46959df96ab121f998f8c Affectionately called “The Merc” by locals, The Merc Co-op has been providing Lawrence, Kansas with fresh, healthy, and affordable food since 1974. This food cooperative started off as a volunteer-run buying club for natural food before the members opened…

  New Leaf Market has been serving the central Tallahassee community since 1974. Since 1989, the store had been operating from its current location, offering a range of fresh and locally sourced foods. The grocery store’s growth prompted it to…

“Sorters in the recycling plants, and in the waste hauling business, are among some of the most dangerous jobs, and filled by a lot of workers who are least able to stick up for their rights, either because they’re from…

In Alaska, grocery shopping is often expensive and products can be scarce since most of the products must be shipped in the state. It is not uncommon to see empty shelves and produce and staples double the price of what…

Born out of the idea to make greener, affordable transportation, Stefan Schlesinger opened Seattle Electric Bike (SEB) in 2009, selling bikes out of his garage. Over the next decade, the business expanded. He sold a range of high quality bikes…

Snow River Cooperative This month we will showcase several of our co-op clients and how they are building an equitable, resilient economy.  What is a co-op? A cooperative is an organization that is owned and run jointly by its members…

Café Iterum is a new café and casual eatery in East Boston located in the ground floor retail space at Clippership Wharf, a mixed-use development on East Boston’s waterfront that was completed in 2019 and includes 478 residential units. The…