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Empty Spaces to Thriving Places: Centering Community on the Ground Floor of Affordable Housing Projects

By: Community Vision | Aug 25, 2025

Affordable housing is about more than building homes—it’s about strengthening communities. In our new white paper, “Empty Spaces to Thriving Places,” Community Vision explores how prioritizing community-rooted nonprofits as ground-floor tenants can activate neighborhoods, stabilize organizations, and reflect local culture. Read case studies, lessons learned, and recommendations for developers, nonprofits, philanthropy, and local government.

Community Vision Celebrates Nate Schaffran as Full-Time Executive Director of Statewide CDFI Coalition

By: Community Vision | Aug 04, 2025

We’re proud to share that Nate Schaffran, Community Vision’s Director of Impact and Learning, has been named full-time Executive Director of the California Coalition for Community Investment (CCCI). This marks a major step for CCCI’s growth and partnership in a shared vision for building the infrastructure needed for long-term field-wide impact.

Welcome Matias Bernal, Vice President of Development

By: Community Vision | Jul 08, 2025

We’re excited to welcome Matias Bernal, Ph.D., to Community Vision as our new Vice President of Development. In this role, Matias will provide strategic leadership over Community Vision’s resource development, capitalization, and marketing and communications work.

Welcome Leslie Payne, Vice President of Program Strategy

By: Community Vision | Jul 08, 2025

Welcome Leslie Payne as Community Vision’s Vice President of Program Strategy. In this new role, Leslie will lead organization-wide strategic initiatives and ensure our programmatic efforts are aligned, responsive, and impactful. She’ll also lead our new Strategic Initiatives department.

Highlights from CalCORE and SPRE Summit 2025: Advancing Equity Through Community-Owned Real Estate

By: Community Vision | May 13, 2025

Last week, Community Vision hosted two impactful events in Los Angeles that underscored our commitment to promoting racial and economic equity, land justice, and community ownership. These gatherings—the CalCORE convening and the Social Purpose Real Estate (SPRE) Summit—offered opportunities for learning, collaboration, and community empowerment.

Community Vision Partners with Camarena Health Center to Enhance Healthcare Access in Madera County

By: Community Vision | Mar 24, 2025

Community Vision is is proud to announce its partnership with Camarena Health Center (CHC) in the development of three new Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) delivery sites in Madera County. Community Vision closed $7.2 million in financing to support the creation of vital healthcare facilities in underserved communities in the Central Valley region.

Community Vision Finances $3.4 Million Loan for Integrity Community Solutions’ Acquisition and Revitalization of Manufactured Home and RV Community in Columbia, CA

By: Community Vision | Feb 13, 2025

Community Vision is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $3.4 million loan to Integrity Community Solutions (ICS), a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC USA. The loan facilitated ICS’s acquisition of the 84-site manufactured home and RV community in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, supporting the retention of 54 affordable homes with planned growth to include 38 more.

Community Vision Provides $7.3 Million in Acquisition Financing to Community Media Arts, Inc. for Historic Warfield Building in San Francisco’s Mid-Market Area

By: Community Vision | Feb 08, 2025

Community Vision provided $7.3 million in below-market acquisition financing to Community Media Arts, Inc. (CMA), a partnership between the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) and KALW Public Media, to purchase the historic Warfield Building located on Market Street in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood. This strategic financing will enable the creation of a community-centered hub for independent journalism, media, arts, and nonprofit organizations, marking a significant step in revitalizing the neighborhood and strengthening the cultural fabric of San Francisco.

Group of people from CalCORE smiling at the camera.

Catalyzing Community Projects: Pre-Development Financing for Community-Led Real Estate Initiatives

By: Community Vision | Nov 25, 2024

Community land trusts and community development corporations have a profound impact in fostering sustainable communities. Recently, Community Vision closed several pre-development loans to help get important community-led real estate projects off the ground, connecting capital to community.

Investor Spotlight: Mercy Investment Services

By: Community Vision | Nov 12, 2024

Mercy Investment Services carries forward the legacy of the Sisters of Mercy by championing social justice through impact investing. For nearly 15 years, Mercy has partnered with Community Vision, supporting initiatives that address racial and economic inequities in underserved communities.

Community Vision Receives Transformative $15 Million Grant from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving

By: Catherine Howard, President | Oct 31, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce that Community Vision has received a $15 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her organization, Yield Giving. This is the second gift Community Vision has received from Ms. Scott and will grow our impact in California’s communities of color and low-income communities.

Building Fresno Together: Southwest Fresno Development Corporation

By: Community Vision | Oct 15, 2024

Southwest Fresno was once a thriving hub of opportunity. The community has endured some of the most severe realities of civic and systemic disinvestment in the city. Today, the Southwest Fresno Development Corporation is using strategic real estate development and homeownership education to restore the community and cultivate economic inclusion.

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