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Adena Ventures, LP $350,000
Athens, OH
Limited partnership interest in a community development venture capital fund to promote economic development in central Appalachia. $350,000 10-year limited partnership interest approved in 2000.
 
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation $100,000
Oakland, CA
Senior loan to finance the development of commercial real estate and to create and preserve jobs for low-income people in Oakland. $100,000 6-year senior loan approved in 2000.
 
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation $300,000
Oakland, CA
Senior loan to finance the development of commercial real estate and to create and preserve jobs for low-income people in Oakland. $300,000 7-year senior loan approved in 2000.
 
Enterprise Corporation of the Delta $250,000
Jackson, MS
Senior loan to provide secondary capital to Hope Community Credit Union for investment in small businesses and home ownership in low-income communities. $250,000 7-year senior loan approved in 2006.
 
Greyston Foundation, Inc. $250,000
Yonkers, NY
Senior loan to establish a debt service reserve account for the construction of a new bakery employing "hard-to-employ" individuals. $250,000 9-year senior loan approved in 2000.
 
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation $500,000
San Diego, CA
Senior loan for the development of Phase I of Market Creek Plaza as part of the revitalization of the Diamond Neighborhoods of San Diego. $500,000 7-year senior loan approved in 2002.
 
Meritus Ventures LP $500,000
London, KY
Limited partnership interest in a Rural Business Investment Company to promote economic development in rural communities in the Appalachian Region. $500,000 10-year limited partnership interest approved in 2005.
 
Penn Venture Partners, LP $250,000
Harrisburg, PA
Limited partnership interest in a community development venture capital fund to promote economic development in northern and central Pennsylvania. $250,000 10-year limited partnership interest approved in 2002.
 
PeopleFund $250,000
Austin, TX
Senior loan to provide capital for small business and nonprofit facility lending in the low-income neighborhoods of Austin. $250,000 5-year senior loan approved in 2002.
 
The Reinvestment Fund, Inc. $500,000
Philadelphia, PA
Senior loan to finance enterprise development in low- and moderate-income communities. $500,000 7-year senior loan approved in 2002.
 
Self-Help Ventures Fund $1,000,000
Durham, NC
Senior loan to finance small business and community facility loans to low-wealth communities in North Carolina. $1,000,000 8-year senior loan approved in 2003.
 
ShoreBank Enterprise Group Pacific $250,000
Ilwaco, WA
Senior loan to provide business and community development financing throughout coastal Washington and Oregon. $250,000 4-year senior loan approved in 2004.
 
SJF Ventures II, L.P. $500,000
Durham, NC
Limited partnership interest in a community development venture capital fund investing in growing businesses in the eastern United States. $500,000 10-year limited partnership interest approved in 2004.
 
The Southern Appalachian Fund, LP $400,000
London, KY
Limited partnership interest in a community development venture capital fund to promote economic development in southern Appalachia. $400,000 10-year limited partnership interest approved in 2002.
 
Corpus Investments
Bay Area Equity Fund I, LP $1,000,000
San Francisco, CA
Commitment to a private equity fund to make investments primarily in mid-to-late stage growth companies located, or willing to locate in or near one of 46 designated low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in the nine-county Bay Area of Northern California.
 
ICV Partners, L.P. $2,500,000
New York, NY
Commitment to a private equity fund established principally to invest in small and middle-market companies that serve, operate in, hire from, or seek to expand into America's inner cities.
 
Yucaipa Corporate Initiatives Fund I, LP $2,500,000
Los Angeles, CA
Commitment to a private equity fund established to invest in corporate partnerships that relocate to or expand their operations in underserved rural and urban communities throughout the United States.
 
Fixed-Income Securities
Alabama Incentives Financing Authority  
Taxable Special Obligation Bonds
Series 1999-B
Rating: AAA

To provide quality workforce development for Alabama's emerging automobile industry.
 
Arkansas Development Finance Authority  
Economic Development Revenue Bonds
ADFA and ADED Guaranty Programs -
Taxable 2005 Series A
Rating: A

To finance industrial facilities for two manufacturing companies in rural Arkansas.
 
Arkansas Development Finance Authority  
Economic Development Revenue Bonds
ADFA and ADED Guaranty Programs -
Taxable 2002 Series B
Rating: AAA

To finance industrial facilities for five manufacturing companies in rural Arkansas.
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Financing Authority  
Revenue Bonds, Series B of 2005
Rating: AAA

To assist local communities develop "shovel-ready" sites to accommodate expanding businesses in areas of high unemployment, declining population or significant inventory of brownfields or vacant housing.
 
Kirkwood Community College (Merged Area X), State of Iowa  
Taxable Industrial New Jobs Training
Certificates
Series 2002-1A & 2002-1B
Rating: AA-/Aa3

To provide quality workforce development for the unemployed, underemployed and welfare-to-work population in the State of Iowa.
 
United States Small Business Administration Pool #507190 #507841  
Rating: AAA
To purchase loans to California small and minority-owned businesses located in lowand moderate-income communities under the SBA Section 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program
 
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