Impact Stories
Helping communities and nonprofits plan projects and secure the needed funding and expertise to implement the projects.
They give you way more than just a loan. They coach you.
They give you way more than just a loan. They coach you.
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Ben's Sugar Shack: Maple Entrepreneur Sees Sweet Success
Where are they now? This series of impact stories spotlights Community Loan Fund borrowers who have found long-term success.
Learn MoreCommunity Loan Fund Partners with NH Capital Region Habitat for Humanity on Home Project in Concord
Mark Tierney is on a mission — and manufactured housing is helping him achieve it.
Learn MoreMaximizing Joy as Lilise Designer Resale Expands Consignment Business
Minimum waste, maximum joy. That’s the motto Elyssa Alfieri has used to guide her business since she acquired it nine years ago. You can feel the energy walking through the front door of Lilise Designer Resale on Main Street — from the colorful racks of shirts and dresses to the vintage artwork on the walls.
Learn MoreYoung Homeowner Achieves His Dream with Welcome Home Loan
Imagine owning a home at 22 years old. Andrew Moore navigated through stigma, a heated housing market, and the confines of the conventional banking system to achieve his goal.
Learn MoreROC Resident Saves Money with Energy Solutions
After a record-breaking cold and snowy winter, you might be surprised to find out that Goffstown resident Len Stuart used less propane to heat his home than during the previous winter.
He couldn’t have predicted the weather — but he did plan ahead.
Learn MoreLocal Entrepreneur Finds “More than a Grant Opportunity” with Community-Driven Economic Empowerment Grant
When Shaunte Whitted learned about the Community Loan Fund’s Community-Driven Economic Empowerment program in 2023, she discovered, in her words, “more than a grant opportunity.”
Learn MoreBen's Sugar Shack: Maple Entrepreneur Sees Sweet Success
Where are they now? This series of impact stories spotlights Community Loan Fund borrowers who have found long-term success.
Learn MoreNonprofit Expands to Help Working Families Facing Housing Insecurity
Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire was ready to expand services but faced a significant obstacle. We were there to help the project across the finish line.
Learn MorePersistence Pays Off for Residents Purchasing Cotton Farm Village Cooperative
It took 27 years, three attempts, and residents new and old coming together to make it happen.
Learn MoreImproving Communities, One ROC at a Time
When we help resident-owned communities purchase their parks, we’re with them for the long haul. In Tamworth, N.H., that means supporting the Tamworth Pines Cooperative as they secured grant funding to upgrade their water and septic systems.
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