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
Annual Reports & Financials
One of our principles is to operate transparently when connecting people with land, education and financing. One way we do that is by sharing our financials. To learn more, see GuideStar and Charity Navigator.
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