Since 1994, NFF's San Francisco office has served a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and funders throughout the West Coast. Our new Los Angeles office opened in May, 2010. Learn more below!

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• Client Stories
• Our Supporters
• Workshops on the West Coast
• How to Reach Us
• Staff
• Western Client Map

Services

• Loans and lines of credit for facilities and working capital, all tailored to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations at competitive rates and terms.
• New Markets Tax Credit Loans offer tax credits for private investors in exchange for capital investment in facilities in low-income communities.
• Nonprofit Business Analysis (NBA) is an in-depth financial analysis and consultation that clarifies an organization's financial condition, helping management balance financial considerations with program goals and better articulate financial needs to funders.
• Financial Leadership Clinic combines an educational seminar on nonprofit finance with individual coaching and peer-based learning. In the two-day Clinic, four to six small-to-midsized nonprofits working in a common sector learn to read and interpret their financial documents, understand the dynamics of their business models, and identify and communicate the specific financial needs and goals of their organizations.
• Workshops and Coaching expertly guide nonprofits and funders in exploring how management decisions and capital structure affect an organization's mission and finances. NFF workshops are a dynamic exploration of how nonprofits and funders can improve the ways they use money, so that missions can thrive.
• Capital Partners helps nonprofit organizations attract the shareholder-like investment they need to support significant transformations. Capital Partners brokers and facilitates capital campaigns of $5 million or greater, so that nonprofit executives can focus on the day-to-day running of their organizations.
• Speaking Engagements, featuring insights from NFF President & CEO Clara Miller and other NFF staff members on the giving, getting and using of money in the nonprofit sector. With over 25 years experience in the field, NFF is a locally, nationally and internationally recognized thought leader on topics related to nonprofit finance and social enterprise.
• Systems Replacement Plan (SRP) is a detailed review of a nonprofit's building systems. NFF consultants create a 20-year SRP that forecasts expected timing and costs of replacements and repairs, helping organizations better plan for future facility-related capital needs.

Register for Services!

• Register for Loan Information: If you'd like to learn more about NFF West Coast's loan opportunities, please fill out this form so that we can better assist you. We'll review the information and make every effort to reply within 2 business days.
• NFF^® Workshops on West Coast: Fill out our workshop registration form or contact SF@nffusa.org. 

Client Stories

Our Supporters

Advisory Services: In 2006-2007, sponsored by a supplemental grant from William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, NFF administered Nonprofit Business Analyses to several small to mid-sized arts organizations in the San Francisco Bay area. Since 2003, NFF has worked with over fifteen arts organizations sponsored by Hewlett.

Workshops: Sponsored by the Hawaii Community Foundation, NFF provided three full-day workshops in Maui and Honolulu to over fifty midsize Hawaiian nonprofit organizations in 2007. NFF staff presented information on financial literacy, facilities ownership, and capital structure to a diverse audience of schools, arts and social service organizations in Hawaii.

NFF Workshops on West Coast:

• Money and Mission: Managing in a Changed and Changing Economic Reality: This workshop series will help nonprofit leaders develop and use financial information to make better (and often difficult) decisions as well as help them to better communicate to their supporters, funders, and board.
• Linking Money To Mission: A Balancing Act: A dynamic exploration of how nonprofits can improve the ways they get and use money so their missions can thrive.
• Facility Projects: Funding and Financing Strategies: This workshop demystifies the various fundraising and financing strategies available to pay for a facility project.
• Getting to Know Nonprofit Finance Fund : NFF staff will provide an introduction to NFF's mission and nonprofit financial services that aim to help nonprofit organizations improve their capacity to serve their communities.

See West Coast Workshops
See NFF's speaking engagements