About Us
We provide financing for two primary groups of clients. The first group includes churches, nonprofits, childcare centers, schools, colleges and universities. The 2nd group includes real estate and apartment developers, corporate equity raising, small business and entrepreneurial projects, working capital loans, commercial real estate financing and investment banking services.
How We Got Started
Our team started as public finance investment bankers with more than $5 billion of financing completed for governments, schools, and non profit organizations. We use that investment banking expertise to provide financing for two groupings of capital markets clients. One group includes churches, nonprofits, childcare centers, schools, colleges, universities and real estate developers, including apartment and multi-family housing. The 2nd grouping includes corporate and privately held company financing via the capital marketplace, including debt and equity capital.
We have special expertise in senior housing mortgages and large real estate development project finance.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (9)
"Chuck has a vast knowledge and network of financial alternatives for access to funding for your..."
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"Chuck has a vast knowledge and network of financial alternatives for access to funding for your organization.
He is professional, he digs deep for solutions and he brings results."
"Chuck and his team at CIF are professional and serve their clients with great integrity and..."
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"Chuck and his team at CIF are professional and serve their clients with great integrity and results that meet the needs of them that they encounter."
Products & Services
The Center For Institutional Finance provides funding for commercial real estate and corporate equity capital through debt, leveraged debt, capital...
The Center For Institutional Finance, LLC will take an expert eye to your business, helping you uncover opportunities for growth, opportunities for...
When you need to count on expertise, we're here to help. The Center For Institutional Finance, LLC offers free consultation calls to clients in and...
Recommendations Given (15)
"Kent is the consummate business guy , professional, strong faith and overall gentleman. He is a..."
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"Kent is the consummate business guy , professional, strong faith and overall gentleman. He is a pleasure to work with and just hang out together. We worked on a church project together and I give him outstanding credit for being a leader and inspiration to the entire team. He is an absolute pleasure to know and work with!"
"The National Stars and Stripes Museum has done a remarkable job of chronicling the nations most..."
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"The National Stars and Stripes Museum has done a remarkable job of chronicling the nations most important military journalism for more than a century. Whats remarkable is how they have managed this outside a major metropolitan area, and in fact a rural area. They are worthy of national support to carry on their history and preserving the record for generations to come."
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There are several important items to consider in addition to the advice provided by others. One thing often curious to people is how an LLC can either be treated as a sole proprietorship (if a single-member LLC) or treated instead as a partnership under IRS rules (multi-member LLC). It's also...
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There are several important items to consider in addition to the advice provided by others. One thing often curious to people is how an LLC can either be treated as a sole proprietorship (if a single-member LLC) or treated instead as a partnership under IRS rules (multi-member LLC). It's also important to understand that the "members" of the LLC can be either individual people OR other LLC's. This can be a factor in deciding how to structure your organization, especially if there are to be other project-specific real estate projects undertaken. These sorts of considerations can become involved in terms of how liability or risks are put into the corporation. For example, a multi-family real estate holding is often structured as an "SPE" or Single Purpose Entity when HUD financing is involved. The great part of these kinds of financing is that they are "non-recourse debt" and the risk is assumed 100% by the SPE - your house isn't at risk, for example.
Next, you will need to prepare an Operating Agreement which governs how the LLC functions among its Members or you, as the single Member. LLC's do not have stock ownership, that is replaced with "Members". It's important to understand that an Operating Agreement can have different or disproportional Ownership vs. Distribution of Member profits or assets. For example, you might have a 50/50 Ownership between 2 Members but decide to allocate profits, say, 80% / 20%.
So there is a lot to consider to "do it right". The starting point is deciding EXACTLY what you want the LLC to do, how you want to manage risks, and whether you want other people or entities taking part in the LLC now or possibly in the future.
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Our business has grown from client referrals and recommendations from many national churches, local nonprofits, Christian and private schools, and small business clients.
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Our business has grown from client referrals and recommendations from many national churches, local nonprofits, Christian and private schools, and small business clients.
