Annual Reports & Impact

We are always learning and growing. Our clients inform, teach, and inspire us to continually improve our work. We measure and assess our work from a variety of perspectives.

Overview

We use various measures to track our progress and impact. Our evaluation processes include client surveys, results of our one-on-one assistance, and outputs like the number of loans deployed and land tenure agreements completed, among others.

Our challenge is to continually monitor and improve a program model that integrates lending, education, and one-on-one advising to improve business resilience and overall increases in business performance including net worth. This is particularly imperative when working with farmers and fishers of color, and immigrant communities, due to historic exclusion from equitable opportunities to build and grow wealth. We focus on priorities such as:

  • Improved business skills and acumen, 
  • Job creation and retention, 
  • Secure access to land, 
  • Business revenue, and 
  • Financial equity and family wealth. 

We deliberately monitor progress for the people served by our work. For example, over the five-year period ending in 2021, 75% of all FarmLink loans were to women and farmers of color, including low-income families, including underserved farmers of Latine, Hmong and Lao descent.

Key Impacts

Our annual client survey captures both impacts and opinions. For example, 81% of those surveyed reported that California FarmLink made a positive impact on their business in 2021. Client survey results from 2022 will be summarized here by mid-2023. Internal reporting systems enable us to report impacts generated from January 1 through September 30, 2002 including:

$4.8M
Loans originated

Total amount deployed in 41 loans

63%
Low-income individuals

Percentage of loans for low-income people

54%
People of color

Percentage of loans for people of color

50
Counties served

Among a total of 58 California counties

24
Land deals assisted

Includes land links, land tenure agreements, and land loans

2,962
Acres

Acreage of land links & land tenure agreements

$15.9M
Loans outstanding

 Also known as gross receivables

$24.4
Loans serviced

Loans outstanding and land loans held by 3rd parties

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