FLAG provides outreach and connection to participants in the inner-city economy. FLAG promotes mutually beneficial relationships between its client-borrowers and its strategic allies.
For Weavers Way Cooperative, FLAG provides an avenue for engagement with near neighbors who may become co-op members, suppliers, and co-venturers.
For PACA (Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance) and other cooperative groups, FLAG provides a vehicle for education, outreach, and alliance.
For Wharton, Fox, and other business school programs, FLAG provides an active laboratory for student engagement in real-world consultation and problem solving through class projects, internships, and independent study.
For foundations and institutions concerned about inner-city economic development, workforce readiness, entrepreneurship encouragement, poverty elimination, and other social issues, FLAG provides outreach and connection to target populations.
For impact investors and businesses seeking triple-bottom-line opportunities, FLAG provides access to untapped talent and markets.
For commercial banks and other financial institutions, FLAG provides vetting of prospective customers. And, FLAG provides credit enhancement and/or acts otherwise as a participant in structuring loan packing for SBA and other financing.
For government agencies, FLAG provides an active partner to assist in the implementation of programs that address the needs of inner-city neighborhoods.
For religious congregations and civic associations, FLAG provides a vehicle for members to demonstrate belief in and support for each other and family members by taking collective financial responsibility as guarantors of FLAG loans.
For Weavers Way Cooperative, FLAG provides an avenue for engagement with near neighbors who may become co-op members, suppliers, and co-venturers.
For PACA (Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance) and other cooperative groups, FLAG provides a vehicle for education, outreach, and alliance.
For Wharton, Fox, and other business school programs, FLAG provides an active laboratory for student engagement in real-world consultation and problem solving through class projects, internships, and independent study.
For foundations and institutions concerned about inner-city economic development, workforce readiness, entrepreneurship encouragement, poverty elimination, and other social issues, FLAG provides outreach and connection to target populations.
For impact investors and businesses seeking triple-bottom-line opportunities, FLAG provides access to untapped talent and markets.
For commercial banks and other financial institutions, FLAG provides vetting of prospective customers. And, FLAG provides credit enhancement and/or acts otherwise as a participant in structuring loan packing for SBA and other financing.
For government agencies, FLAG provides an active partner to assist in the implementation of programs that address the needs of inner-city neighborhoods.
For religious congregations and civic associations, FLAG provides a vehicle for members to demonstrate belief in and support for each other and family members by taking collective financial responsibility as guarantors of FLAG loans.