What is the Growing Garden Fund? Until now, our loan funds have primarily come from Public Programs. In the past two years, as the demand for EDIF loans has skyrocketed, EDIF has realized that in order to keep up with the demand, we'll have to find loan funds from new sources. This has led to the Growing Garden Fund, which provides community members the opportunity to invest in small businesses in our community by investing in EDIF’s Growing Garden Fund. EDIF’s Growing Garden Fund supports investors who wish to invest with their values and to get a financial return while contributing to the economic, social and environmental well-being of communities in the Southeast.
How the Growing Garden Fund works: Growing Garden Fund offers a source of capital for EDIF. Funds are pooled and used to finance high impact micro, small and medium businesses.
Growing Garden Fund makes a difference: Access to capital helps projects start and grow. Growing Garden Funds contributes to community vitality by helping businesses that create jobs; community facilities that bring critical educational, therapeutic, employment and health-related services to people; and projects that otherwise would never have a chance.
When you invest in Growing Garden Fund, you invest in people and communities.
Call EDIF at 941-359-5915 or email us to get more information on the Growing Garden Fund at