Equity Trust

We’ve invested over $10.5 million in communities and people with 148 loans since 1992.  The current size of the ever-growing EquityTrust Fund is $3.5 million with almost 90% coming from 125 in...

http://equitytrust.org/2022-lending-report/

One of the foundational principles of the Equity Trust mission is that a great deal of the economic value of property comes from that property being part of a community rather than being inheren...

http://equitytrust.org/vclt-homeowner-loan/

Laulima Farm is a biodynamic organic farm on the island of Maui raising a vast array of tropical fruits and herbs sold at a roadside farmstand that doubles as café/market/local hangout where cus...

http://equitytrust.org/laulima-farm/

The theme for this year’s report is a simple one, but it has powerful implications: When we acknowledge the social contribution to property value and to wealth more generally, opportunities to ...

http://equitytrust.org/2022-ann-rpt/

Two decades after acquiring 150 acres for Roxbury Farm, we have completed a land swap which adds 43 acres of agricultural fields to the protected property. The post Roxbury Farm expands its lan...

http://equitytrust.org/roxbury-farm-expands/

A highlight of our work is collaboration with people who acknowledge the social mortgage on wealth, and take personal action to create a more just economy. The post Repaying the Social Mortgage...

http://equitytrust.org/repaying-the-social-mortgage/

The Black Family Land Trust is a North Carolina-based conservation organization that works to stem and reverse historical land loss among African American families and minority farmers, mostly i...

http://equitytrust.org/black-family-land-trust/

Saint Francis House (SFH) is an intentional community in New London, CT with a social justice mission focused on southeastern Connecticut.  It was our original partner in the Francis Fund and h...

http://equitytrust.org/saint-francis-house/

Assisi Community is a faith-based intentional community in Washington, D.C. with a social justice/peace and nonviolence mission.  It was the borrower of the Equity Trust Fund’s very first loan...

http://equitytrust.org/assisi-community/

Benincasa Community is a Catholic Worker-style intentional community formerly based in and primarily serving underprivileged people in New York City.  Members have an extensive network of suppo...

http://equitytrust.org/benincasa-community/