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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • OUR COMPANY
    • OUR TEAM
    • CAREERS
    • PRESS RELEASES
    • IN THE NEWS
  • BUSINESSES
    • MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
      • Construction Management
      • Market Rate Development
      • Affordable Housing Development
    • SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT
      • Solar Projects
      • Solar Developers
      • Solar Landowners
      • Solar Investments
      • Solar Syndication
    • INVESTMENTS
      • Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
      • Asset Management
      • Private Equity
    • GCRE CONSTRUCTION
  • ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUND
    • Clean energy for tenants
    • Upward mobility & direct community investment
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
  • CONTACT

Alternative Investments Fund

Gardner Capital values and invests in people and businesses with innovative new ideas or business models that further our mission of improving families’ lives through affordable housing and clean energy. Gardner Capital’s Alternative Investments Fund provides soft loans and grants to individuals and/or businesses to support and execute their mission-driven programs. Gardner Capital commits to $500,000 per program for each round of funding, and funding is capped at $25,000 for any one specific proposal. Our current round of funding specifically targets funding for the initiatives listed below. Applicants for funding through the Alterative Investments Fund should fill out the form below to be considered. Terms and conditions of funding under the Alternative Investments Fund are solely at the discretion of Gardner Capital, and Gardner Capital reserves all rights to refuse funding proposals for any reason.

Current Funding Programs:

Clean energy for tenants

Upward mobility & direct community investment

Philanthropic focus

Our goal

Our goal for the Alternative Investments Fund is more focused on helping others, and less focused on profit-making. How the Fund helps others needs to be the main theme of the page.

Our Mission

Gardner Capital is committed to improving families’ lives through the provision of high-quality multifamily housing and clean energy. Our Commitment to the people and communities we serve and the value we place on our partnerships are the keys to our success and make everything we do worthwhile.
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