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Financing Programs

We advocate on your behalf to obtain funding, making your vital projects a reality.

New Markets Tax Credits

The primary focus of CBO Financial is helping low-income communities to experience economic revitalization through the application of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. NMTC investors make investments in companies known as Community Development Entities (CDEs) that in turn make loans to businesses in low-income communities.

Borrowers

Provide capital where previously unavailable to qualified borrowers.

Investors

NMTC essentially guarantees return of investment plus a return on the investment.

To States, Municipalities, and/or EDAs

Opportunity to combine public funding with tax credits to induce development.

Bringing Private Capital to Disinvested Communities

One of the persistent economic challenges that communities living with low incomes across the nation face is the lack of access to private investment capital for local business and real estate projects, especially in communities of color.

New Markets Tax Credit Program Advantages

  • Intended for financing projects in disinvested areas
  • Flexible financing optiones designed to support a spectrum of beneficial social projects
  • Promotes private investments; enabling multi-million-dollar financing deals
  • Affordable loans with conditions and terms that tend to be more favorable than traditional financing.
  • Offers investors federal tax credits
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Our Financing Programs

The CBO Financial team specializes in helping project sponsors secure flexible, below-market financing with a focus on high-impact projects in low-income communities. Our financial experts are skilled at combining public and private funding sources so that projects that might have otherwise stalled can move forward quickly and cost-effectively.

We’ve financed over $1 billion in high-impact investments nationwide, including $150 million using New Markets Tax Credits awarded to a CBO subsidiary. Backed by powerful funding tools and expertise, you’ll be pushed through to the finish line.

New Markets Tax Credits

A federal subsidy program designed to incentivize development projects that help revitalize distressed communities.
New Markets Tax Credits

Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing

A new instrument for commercial property owners to finance improvements to existing property or close gaps in financing for new construction.
Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing

Federal Historic Tax Credits

The federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) is available for the rehabilitation of historic, income-producing buildings determined by the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to be “certified historic structures.”
Federal Historic Tax Credits

Community Development Financial Institutions

A federal subsidy program designed to incentivize development projects that help revitalize distressed communities.
Community Development Financial Institutions

US Department of Agriculture

The USDA offers several programs that can be useful for economic development projects, two of which in particular are the Community Facilities and Rural Utilities Programs.
US Department of Agriculture

Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program

The federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) is available for the rehabilitation of historic, income-producing buildings determined by the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to be “certified historic structures.”
Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program

Puerto Rico Financing Programs

Puerto Rico offers many opportunities for mainland investors and local business owners.
Puerto Rico Financing Programs

 Opportunity Zones

The Opportunity Zone program was enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Many of the major policy decisions related to Opportunity Zones were ceded to the states.
 Opportunity Zones

You see challenges. We see possibilities.
Your community sees change.

Established in 1999, CBO Financial is a financial consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses secure funding for development projects in the nation’s most distressed communities. Our experts understand how to present economic, environmental, and societal benefits to public and private organizations so your project receives the funding it needs to move forward quickly and reasonably. A CBO Financial subsidiary, Community Development Funding, LLC, has received six awards under the federal New Markets Tax Credit program totaling $150M. In addition the team has taken a leadership role in securing 18 awards for clients totaling over $400M.
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The funding is out there

CBO can be your access point for a variety of flexible financing sources including gap financing using New Markets Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, Tourism Tax Credits, Property Assessed Financing, Opportunity Zone Funds and others.
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 a Significant Impact

CBO is on a mission to help elevate the lives of people living in distressed communities by providing flexible, below-market gap financing to high-impact projects that cannot otherwise move forward. Does your project qualify for financing?
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Million-dollar stories

The CBO team has funded over $1 billion in projects for local and national nonprofits, for-profit developers, and municipal agencies. Our team can help you find the low-cost financing or new market tax credits needed for your projects.
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Does Your Project Qualify for Low-Cost Financing or New Markets Tax Credits?

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