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Charter Fund Inc. dba Charter School Growth Fund
Company typePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2006 Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersBroomfield, Colorado, U.S.
Area servedNorth America
Key peopleBoard of Directors:
Kevin Hall,
Greg Penner,
John J. Fisher,
Allan Golston,
Michael W. Grebe,
Mason Hawkins,
Carrie Walton Penner,
James Rahn,
Stacy Schusterman
Websitechartergrowthfund.org

The Charter Fund Inc. doing business as the Charter School Growth Fund is a Broomfield, Colorado-based nonprofit "philanthropic" venture capital fund that supports the growth of public for-profit charter schools. CSGF "invests in the highest-performing charter school operators, allowing small schools to expand into multi-school networks. Since 2006, the group has awarded between $160 million to $170 million in grants and loans."

Grants and lending

CSGF provides facility financing to charter schools. "Loans through CSGF are provided at better rates and with faster turnarounds than charters can find on their own. The facilities fund is expected to provide millions of dollars in facilities financing to ventures through the refinancing of loans and the recycling of capital to new lenders over the fund’s 10-year lifetime." CSGF provides financing, strategic advice, and additional resources and helps "portfolio members" open more schools.

Investments

Dreambox Learning was acquired by CHGF in 2010. Dreambox was heavily funded through venture capital contributed by Reed Hastings, John Doerr, Deborah Quazzo (founder and managing partner at GSV Advisors), and GSV Capital.

Governance

See also

References

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