New Jersey Community Loan Fund Stories and Data

New Jersey Community Loan Fund Stories

YouthBuild Newark (YBN)
Redevelopment of a two-story 31,237 SF commercial building, including the construction of 15 to 17 classrooms, 28 staff offices, and 14 administrative office, in addition to a warming kitchen, café, and student lounges.
Stefanie Lalor: The Artist Framer
When Stefanie Lalor was 15, she visited a frame shop with her mother. As soon as she walked in the door, she knew it was what she wanted to do for the rest of her…
Renna Media
Repeat loan clients are not unusual at UCEDC – we’re proud to say that many small business owners have looked to us to help support their growth over time with more than one loan. But few, if any, can match…
PuroClean Restoration Services
When Robin Hoy, co-owner of PuroClean Restoration Services in Kenilworth decided to take advantage of UCEDC’s limited time offer of a 0% loan for women business owners (made possible by Investors Bank and the Tory Burch Foundation), she intended to use the...

New Jersey Community Loan Fund Fact Sheet

Testimonials

Our organization works in tandem with CDFI partners and members for the betterment of communities, business arena and society.

-Dr. John E. Harmon Sr., African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ, Trenton, NJ

CDFIs are extremely effective at providing access to capital and services to communities in rural and metropolitan areas, raising and leveraging private funding, to create effective solutions to meet the most challenging needs.

-Anne Dyjak, Dyjak Advisors LLC, Warren, NJ

As an emerging CDFI offering funding and technical assistance to uplift underserved communities and our economy the CDFI appropriation is imperative.

-Bydeia Harmon, AACCNJ Capital Fund Inc., Trenton, NJ

Map of New Jersey Community Loan Fund CDFI Branches and Stories