About Craft3

We specialize in loans that strengthen our economy, our families and our environment.

Mission & Strategy

Craft3 is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) lender with a mission to strengthen economic, ecological and family resilience in Pacific Northwest communities.

To do this, we provide loans to businesses, nonprofits and individuals, including those without access to traditional financing. We complement financial resources with our own expertise, networks and other advocacy for our clients.

Since inception, Craft3 has invested more than $399 million in over 4,800 people and businesses in the Oregon and Washington.

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Strategy

Craft3’s Business Strategy is to create and deliver lending and investment tools that support community resilience.

Craft3’s vision is that the markets, communities and families we serve be resilient – that they have the ability to readily recover from adversity. Economies, families and ecosystems are all subject to stresses and pressures; they must weather the inevitable ups and downs; they must have the resilience to bounce back. Our strategy addresses these challenges through the lending of credit, accompanied by seasoned advice and institutional partnerships. These actions, delivered through engagement with our borrowers, create opportunities for strengthened resilience, whether it be enhancing neighborhood integrity through supporting local land ownership, adding living-wage jobs in low-income rural communities, or conserving the integrity of critical habitats to better withstand the pressures of climate change.