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 and consulting. Explore our portfolio of high impact engagements below.

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.
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The 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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New 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 engaged with nonprofits all across the country. The list below shows our activities over the years.
- New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
- New York Impact Opportunities Fund
- SeaChange-Lodestar
- The Greater Philadelphia Repositioning Fund
- Contact Fund
- New York Pooled PRI Fund
- Consulting


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


An implementation grant to support the spinout of Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI) from the Fund for the City of New York.
Fund:
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
Sector:
Anti-poverty & Social Welfare
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$24,467.00

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

Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and Human Services
Geography:
Chicago Heights, IL


An implementation grant to support the merger of Rush Hour Concerts and the International Music Foundation.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
,

An implementation grant to support the merger of three Connecticut-based CDFI's - Community Capital Fund, Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Community Development and Housing
Geography:
Wallingford, CT


An implementation grant to support the merger of People Assisting the Homeless and Casa Esperanza.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Community Development & Housing
Geography:
Los Angeles, CA


An implementation grant to support the post-merger integration of into Career Transition for Dancers into The Actors Fund.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
New York, NY


Implementation grant to support the acquisition of Learning Matters TV by Education Week .
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Education & Youth Development
Geography:
Bethesda, MD


An implementation grant to support the merger of Boundless Readers and Working in the Schools.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Education & Youth Development
Geography:
Chicago, IL


A grant to support the exploration of a merger between New York State Afterschool Network and AfterSchool Works! New York.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Education & Youth Development
Geography:
New York, NY

An implementation grant to support the merger of Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, Action Canada for Population and Development, and Canadians for Choice into Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health & Human Services
Geography:
Ottawa, ON

An implementation grant to support the merger of Walden Theatre and Blue Apple Players.
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
Louisville, KY


An implementation grant to support the merger of Uniting Against Lung Cancer into Lung Cancer Research Foundation .
Fund:
SeaChange-Lodestar
Sector:
Health and Human Services
Geography:
New York, NY



An implementation grant to support the merger of The Center for Working Families and New Hope Enterprises.
Fund:
The Greater Philadelphia Repositioning Fund
Sector:
Anti-Poverty and Social Welfare
Geography:
Los Angeles, CA
Amount:
$196,500.00

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

A $1 million loan to refinance The Flea's line of credit with a commercial bank.
Fund:
Contact Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00

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

A $1 million loan to refinance The Flea's line of credit with a commercial bank.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$1,000,000.00

A $760,000 note purchase in the NYC Inclusive Creative Economy Fund, housed at LISC.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Arts & Culture
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$760,000.00

A $196,500 loan to allow New York City Charter School of the Arts to move to a new location downtown.
Fund:
New York Pooled PRI Fund
Sector:
Education
Geography:
New York, NY
Amount:
$196,500.00

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