INNOVATIVE FINANCING

Our team has the financial expertise, creativity and tenacity needed to make the dream of a new school building a reality for our clients.

Every school needs a good home, but securing long-term facilities is one of the biggest challenges charter schools face.

Cogent Collaborative is a distinguished national leader in helping charter schools identify, finance and develop the facilities they need to carry out their mission.

To date, Cogent Collaborative has offered more than $229 million in low-interest loans to build 34 new schools so that thousands more children can attend a high-quality public school in their community.

New Markets Tax Credit-Financed Schools

Securing a permanent, high-quality school facility at an affordable cost is a major barrier to the continued growth of high-achieving charter schools.

Cogent Collaborative pioneered the use of the federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program to finance charter school facilities in qualified census tracts. Since 2005, Cogent Collaborative has won $229 million in NMTC allocations from the U.S. Treasury Department for investment in charter school facilities in California

To date, ExED has used New Markets Tax Credits to finance 36 school sites, serving over 17,000 students.

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Predevelopment/Short-Term
Flexible Facility Loans

Cogent Collaborative provides funding for short-term loans at very low interest rates to help charter schools in low-income Los Angeles neighborhoods secure permanent, affordable facilities. The loans, ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million, are supported by more than $5 million in funding from the Walton Family Foundation.

Technical Assistance

Cogent Collaborative provides expert technical assistance on a wide range of facility issues to help schools identify potential sites, find professionals for feasibility studies, and screen potential partners, among many other tasks.

Success Stories

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Cogent Collaborative’s Financing Partners

“Years ago we studied the idea of creating a high school, but we faced obstacles in getting the idea off the ground. Cogent Collaborative made use of New Markets Tax Credits to make our dream come true.”