We're a network of loan funds that lend to democratically-governed enterprises that meet the needs and elevate the quality of life of African American, immigrant, and poor white communities in the US South.
Borrow
The loan funds that make up the SRLF network make loans to cooperatively owned businesses, housing coops, projects that are anchored in the most marginalized Southern communities. We especially focus our lending toward start-ups and expansions of democratically-governed enterprises that
Invest + Give
There are two ways you can help: (1) Grants and donations to SRLF, and (2) Investments in Seed Commons, through which the SRLF loan funds access their lending capital. Both kinds of support are needed now. Anyone can support us
