Our Impact
We were created to help businesses survive disruption from light rail construction. Today, we continue to fund and support businesses that might not qualify for traditional bank loans.
Our Story in Numbers
300+
Businesses Supported
Across King County
100M+
In Loans
Deployed across 100+ businesses
1.2M
In Forgivable Loans
That function as grants to over 75 businesses
1%
Default Rate
Maintained across all loans
Helping Businesses Since 2002
Since our founding in 2002, RVCDF has administered more than $100 million in mitigation and loan funds to more than 300 Southeast Seattle businesses impacted by Sound Transit’s light rail construction.
We are proud of our efforts to create tangible, data-driven results by investing in the Rainier Valley community with a key focus on businesses that have historically faced barriers to traditional financing through our lending programs initiated in 2006.
What We Help With
Behind every grant is a business that didn't have to close, a payroll that got made, an owner who got to keep building instead of giving up. That's what this funding actually does for King County.
