Multi Disciplinary Resource

The PRI Directory: Charitable Loans and Other Program-Related Investments by Foundation

Website: www.fdncenter.org

Contact Information:
Program: The Foundation Center

Primary Function of Organization:
Funding

Likely groups interested in this resource:
Artists, Arts Administrators, Arts Educators, Community Organization Administrators, Educators, Parents

Certain foundations have developed an alternative financing approach -- known as program-related investing -- for supplying capital to the nonprofit sector. PRIs have been used to support community revitalization, low-income housing, microenterprise development, historic preservation, human services, and more.