Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
SeaChange's $700,000 loan to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund allowed them to establish the largest bail fund in the country, freeing more than 5,000 people who were in jail solely for their inability to pay bail and to advocate for the abolition of wealth-based detention.
Fund:
NYPRI
Sector:
Criminal Justice
Geography:
New York
Amount:
$700,000
Impact
SeaChange has helped hundreds of nonprofits with grants, loans, analysis and advice. Explore our portfolio of engagements below.
NYPRIBrooklyn Community Bail Fund
SeaChange's $700,000 loan to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund allowed them to establish the largest bail fund in the country, freeing more than 5,000 people who were in jail solely for their inability to pay bail and to advocate for the abolition of wealth-based detention.
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NYPRI/Contact FundThe Bushwick Starr
SeaChange’s $1 million loan to The Bushwick Starr enabled them to acquire a new, permanent space for expanded theatrical programming and community artistic education.
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Contact Fund / NYPRINew York City Charter School for the Arts
SeaChange made a $196,500 loan to allow New York City Charter School of the Arts to move to a new location downtown.
Portfolio
SeaChange has been privileged to engage with more than 1,000 nonprofits of all shapes and sizes from across the country and with a wide variety of missions. The list below shows some of our activity over the years by fund.
- New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
- New York Impact Opportunities Fund
- SeaChange-Lodestar
- The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
- Contact Fund
- New York Pooled PRI Fund
- Consulting
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Criminal Justice
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$80,000.00
An exploration grant to support partnership discussions between United Community Centers, Inc. and Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
East New York, NY
Amount:
$15,000.00
An exploration grant to support collaboration discussions between eleven nonprofit home care providers, led by Sunnyside Community Services and St. Nick's Alliance.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Health & Human Services
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$40,000.00
An grant to explore a shared services arrangement between a number of New York City parks conservancies (the Parks and Open Space Partners) and the City Parks Foundation.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Environment
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$27,500.00
A grant to Young New Yorkers to support new finance and accounting infrastructure as they spun out from their fiscal sponsor.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Children & Youth
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$2,500.00
An implementation grant to support the spinout of the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park (CFL) from SCO Family of Services.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Children & Youth
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$50,000.00
An exploratory grant to support merger discussions between College & Community Fellowship and JustLeadershipUSA.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Civil Rights & Social Justice
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$15,000.00
An exploration grant to support a merger between IndieSpace and The Indie Theater Fund.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$20,000.00
An exploration grant to support discussions of a strategic partnership between Stanley Isaacs Center and Goddard Riverside.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Families & Elders
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$19,000.00
An exploratory grant to support merger discussions between START Treatment & Recovery Centers and Diaspora Community Services.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Health & Human Services
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$10,000.00
An exploratory grant to support merger discussions between Hartley House and Hudson Guild.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty & Social Welfare
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$10,000.00
An exploratory grant to support merger discussions between the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Brooklyn Public Library to establish the Center for Brooklyn History.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$20,000.00
In August 2021, we entered into a $1.87 million Limited Partnership (LP) agreement with Ascend Partners, a healthcare‐focused private equity fund based in New York that partners with patient-centric healthcare companies that improve the access, affordability, and quality of care for underserved and vulnerable populations.
Fund:
New York Impact Opportunities Fund
Sector:
Healthcare
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,870,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger of Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Pacolet Area Conservancy to become Conserving Carolina.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Environment
Geography:
Hendersonville, NC
Amount:
$10,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger of Chicago Cares and WomenOnCall.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
2018
Geography:
Chicago, IL
Amount:
$5,375.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic and Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and mental health
Geography:
Norwalk, CT
Amount:
$14,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Envision Unlimited and Neumann Family Services.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and mental health
Geography:
Chicago, IL
Amount:
$10,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Invest in Girls and Council for Economic Education.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Children and youth
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$17,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Junior Achievement of Western CT and Junior Achievement of Southwest CT to become Junior Achievement of Fairfield County.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Children and youth
Geography:
Bridgeport, CT
Amount:
$5,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Korean American Resource & Cultural Center and Korean American Community Services to form HANA Center.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Community development and housing
Geography:
Chicago, IL
Amount:
$5,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Minnesota AIDS and Rainbow Health Initiative to become Rainbow Health.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and mental health
Geography:
Saint Paul, MN
Amount:
$7,500.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Bonnie J. Addario and Lung Cancer Alliance to form GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and mental health
Geography:
Washington, DC
Amount:
$10,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Cancer Community Center and Dempsey Center to become the Dempsey Centers for Quality Cancer Care.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and mental health
Geography:
Portland, ME
Amount:
$15,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Emmanuel House and Joseph Corporation to form the Neighborhood Project.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Anti-poverty and social welfare
Geography:
Aurora, IL
Amount:
$5,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between The Arc New London and The Arc Quinebaug Valley to form The Arc Eastern Connecticut.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and mental health
Geography:
Norwich, CT
Amount:
$10,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between the Kimmel Center & the Philadelphia Orchestra to form The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$50,000.00
An exploration and an implementation grant to support the merger between Chalkbeat and the Philadelphia Public School Notebook to form Chalkbeat Philadelphia.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Education (K-12)
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$62,100.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between the Community First Fund and FINANTA.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty and social welfare
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$25,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between the Community Learning Center and the Center for Literacy to form Beyond Literacy.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Education (K-12)
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$35,000.00
An implementation grant to support a joint program between the Diversified Community Services and United Communities Southeast Philadelphia to form the South Philadelphia Community Fund.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Other
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$50,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Glen Foerd and Philadelphia Waterborne.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Education (K-12)
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$25,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between the African-American Museum in Philadelphia & Art Sanctuary.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$29,100.00
An exploration and an implementation grant to support the merger between Silver Springs-Martin Luther School and theVillage to form Gemma Services.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Education (K-12)
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$70,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between William Way LGBT Community Center and the LGBT Elder Initiative.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Families and Elders
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$20,000.00
An exploration and an implementation grant to support the merger between Good Samaritan Shelter and Bridge of Hope.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty and social welfare
Geography:
Coatesville, PA
Amount:
$58,500.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, the Greater Philadelphia Passive House Association, and the Living Building Challenge Philadelphia Collaborative to form Green Building United.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Environment
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$20,000.00
An implementation grant to support the merger between Habitat for Humanity Montgomery County and Habitat for Humanity Delaware County to form Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Community development and housing
Geography:
Montgomery County, PA
Amount:
$25,000.00
On June 28th, through NYPRI ($1.31 million), Contact Fund ($300k), and with participation from a new funding partner, the Erich & Hannah Sachs Foundation ($750k), SeaChange made a $2.36 million, 18-month bridge loan to help finance the acquisition of a permanent program space for the Council of Peoples Organization ("COPO"). COPO is a $2.7 million community development organization based in Brooklyn that has been providing a range of social services to low-income immigrant families, particularly South Asians and Muslims, in the Kensington/Midwood community since 2022. COPO successfully purchased the new space on June 29th.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty & Social Welfare
Geography:
Midwood, NY
Amount:
$2,360,000.00
Impact Services, a human services nonprofit located in and serving the Kensington neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, is re‐developing a 67,000 square foot former industrial campus into an affordable housing and commercial space. SeaChange invested $250,000 in participation with PIDC and other active nonprofit lenders in Philadelphia to support the project's predevelopment phase.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Amount:
$250,000.00
Along with FJC, SeaChange provided a $250,000 working capital loan to PCI-Media ($550,000 total) to bridge a bequest from a major donor. The loan will support PCI-Media's efforts to hire new staff, invest in program expansion, and establish systems for sustainable growth.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Education
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$250,000.00
Through NYPRI and Contact Fund, we made a $700,000, six-month predevelopment loan to support the Inwood Library Project, led by Children’s Village and Community League of the Heights (“CLOTH”). The project involves the redevelopment of the public library site, which will include a new state-of-the- art library, 175 deeply affordable housing units, a pre-K center with 3 classrooms, in addition to a community center for at-risk youth and a STEM center with robotics programming.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$700,000.00
SeaChange provided a $350,000 predevelopment loan to Cypress Hills to support its Third-Party Transfer Cluster program with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which involves the rehabilitation of 46 rental units in five buildings scattered throughout Cypress Hills.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$350,000.00
SeaChange provided a $1,000,000 loan to help The Bushwick Starr purchase a new space in Brooklyn that will become the new permanent home for the community-based theatre.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00
A predevelopment loan to Westhab, Inc. to support development of a new shelter facility on Queens Boulevard.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
138-50 Queens Blvd, NY
Amount:
$2,160,000.00
A loan to SUS to finance startup costs for a new shelter, bridging a contract from DHS.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$413,170.00
A line of credit to bridge Corbin Hill Food Project's meal delivery contract with the Department of Sanitation.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Other
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$100,000.00
SeaChange provided a $1,000,000 predevelopment line of credit to AAFE to cover expenses for several affordable housing projects in its pipeline.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00
A loan to Greater Jamaica Development Corporation to bridge city funding for construction of a new co-working space in downtown Jamaica, Queens.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Jamaica, NY
Amount:
$1,325,000.00
A loan to support the purchase and outfitting of a mobile shower bus serving Brooklyn's homeless population.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$372,906.00
On April 26th, we closed a $1 million working capital loan to Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services ("Sheltering Arms"). The loan proceeds will be used to fund normal course expenses as Sheltering Arms waits for delayed City contract reimbursements to arrive.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Children & Families
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00
On June 24th, NYPRI made a five-year, $800,000 working capital line of credit to the Center for Family Life on Sunset Park ("CFLSP"). The line will support CFLSP with its cash flow management as it transitions into a standalone entity since its spinout from SCO Family Services in 2021.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Children & Families
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$800,000.00
On June 28th, through NYPRI ($1.31 million), Contact Fund ($300k), and with participation from a new funding partner, the Erich & Hannah Sachs Foundation ($750k), SeaChange made a $2.36 million, 18-month bridge loan to help finance the acquisition of a permanent program space for the Council of Peoples Organization ("COPO"). COPO is a $2.7 million community development organization based in Brooklyn that has been providing a range of social services to low-income immigrant families, particularly South Asians and Muslims, in the Kensington/Midwood community since 2022. COPO successfully purchased the new space on June 29th.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty & Social Welfare
Geography:
Midwood, NY
Amount:
$2,360,000.00
Through NYPRI and Contact Fund, we made a $700,000, six-month predevelopment loan to support the Inwood Library Project, led by Children’s Village and Community League of the Heights (“CLOTH”). The project involves the redevelopment of the public library site, which will include a new state-of-the- art library, 175 deeply affordable housing units, a pre-K center with 3 classrooms, in addition to a community center for at-risk youth and a STEM center with robotics programming.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$700,000.00
SeaChange provided a $1,000,000 loan to help The Bushwick Starr purchase a new space in Brooklyn that will become the new permanent home for the community-based theatre.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00
A predevelopment loan to Westhab, Inc. to support development of a new shelter facility on Queens Boulevard.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
138-50 Queens Blvd, NY
Amount:
$2,160,000.00
A $6,550,000 investment in the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund hosted by NFF.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Other
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$6,550,000.00
A working capital line of credit to bridge receivables and enable ArtsPool to decrease reliance on philanthropy.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$120,000.00
SeaChange provided a $1,000,000 predevelopment line of credit to AAFE to cover expenses for several affordable housing projects in its pipeline.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00
A loan to Greater Jamaica Development Corporation to bridge city funding for construction of a new co-working space in downtown Jamaica, Queens.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Jamaica, NY
Amount:
$1,325,000.00
A $1.1 million loan to pay bails for New Yorkers held in immigration detention.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty & Social Welfare
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,100,000.00
A loan to support the purchase and outfitting of a mobile shower bus serving Brooklyn's homeless population.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$372,906.00
An advisory engagement with the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation to develop and launch their Social Justice Fund, which is committed to investing $50 million in Brooklyn BIPOC communities over the next ten years.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Civil Rights & Social Justice
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Financial modeling engagement with United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) to assess the underfunding of New York City contracts with early childhood education providers, using seven settlement houses as case studies. The final report can be found here.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Education
Geography:
New York, NY
Financial modeling engagement with Brooklyn Historical Society to assess distribution of organization-wide costs across various programs in anticipation of strategic planning process.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Research and analysis project in partnership with Oliver Wyman assessing the financial health of community based organizations across the United States, commissioned by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA). The final report can be found here.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Health & Human Services
Geography:
United States,
A grant to Young New Yorkers to support new finance and accounting infrastructure as they spun out from their fiscal sponsor.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Children & Youth
Geography:
Brooklyn, NY
Amount:
$2,500.00
Assessment and development of tools to refine risk management practices for Grand Street Settlement.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
New York, NY
Assisted the Kauffman Foundation in designing a new scholarship and college savings fund to serve all of Kansas City.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Education
Geography:
Kansas City, MO
Financial analysis and advice for Case Commons as it explored different financing options.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Anti-Poverty and Social Welfare
Geography:
New York, NY
Financial modeling and analysis to support New Classrooms’s planning for sustainability and growth.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Education & Youth Development
Geography:
New York, NY
Financial modeling and market analysis to support and inform LEDA’s growth planning.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Education & Youth Development
Geography:
New York, NY
Assisted a group of funders in Philadelphia in the design and launch of the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Other
Geography:
Philadelphia, PA
Transaction support to help Row New York explore the development of its flagship boathouse and associated classroom facility.
Fund:
Consulting
Sector:
Children & Youth
Geography:
New York, NY
