Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC)

Unlocking Access to Affordable Facilities

At CSDC, we provide comprehensive financing and real estate solutions to educational facilities across the United States.

Our Partners in Transforming Education

Leading the Way with Smart & Innovative Facility Solutions

For over 25 years, Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), has been a trailblazer, championing school choice and providing educational facility solutions in underserved communities.

Long-term Impact on Students

CSDC is a proud member of the Opportunity Finance Network® (OFN), the nation’s leading network of high-performing CDFIs.  As the only CDFI in the country focused exclusively on the facility and financing needs of charter school organizations, an integral part of the CSDC mission as a CDFI is to provide guidance to prospective and client schools.

Real Estate

CSDC's best-in-class real estate development services offer charter schools a range of flexible and supportive options.

Owner’s Representative 
CSDC oversees the entire project on your behalf, providing an invaluable service to successful, expanding charter schools who recognize the benefits of outsourcing their facility needs to an experienced developer. Services include:
  • Site selection, acquisition, and due diligence
  • Development and oversight of project budget
  • Project management of all phases beginning from the RFP selection process, initial design, permitting, and construction
Turnkey Development Program (TDP)
As a non-profit developer, CSDC strives to pass on cost savings to client schools through lower rents, flexible lending terms, and affordable fixed purchase options. Services include:
  • Real estate consulting services with financial feasibility analysis to determine the best facility option
  • Adaptive re-use of existing buildings
  • Ground-up construction of facilities
  • Expansion of a current facility

Finance

CSDC's financing solutions distinguish us as the premier non-profit lender in the charter school space, helping to build a solid foundation that propels your school’s long-term success and sustainability.

Lease and Loan Guarantee
  • Provide credit enhancement support through its Building Block Fund (think of CSDC as a “co-signer” to help with qualifying for an initial lease or loan)
Direct Lending
As a non-profit developer, CSDC strives to pass on cost savings to client schools through lower rents, flexible lending terms, and affordable fixed purchase options. Services include:
  • Provide lending for facility acquisition, construction, expansion, leasehold, or tenant improvement loans.

Transforming Education: Impact in numbers

CSDC is making a difference in the lives of students and communities we serve.

220
Charter Schools
served
100K
Student
Seats
8.4M
sq. ft. of educational space financed or developed
Access | Choice | Equity
As a CDFI lender and non-profit developer, CSDC focuses on finding the right facility solutions for schools and communities.

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