Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund About NIIF Eligibility Financing Our Impact Get Started NIIF LEADERSHIP Mark Kaufman PRESIDENT AND CEO Lori Glass CHIEF LENDING OFFICER Sean O’Neill COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Kayenda Twesigye COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FELLOW This report to the Baltimore community highlights NIIF’s progress to date. 2020 Annual Report Home About NIIF Eligiblity Financing Our Impact Contact Mailing Address: Box 354, 711 West 40th Street, Suite 153 Baltimore, MD 21211 info@baltimoreniif.org © 2021 Neighborhood Investment Impact Fund. All Rights Reserved. To the top ↑

Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund About NIIF Eligibility Financing Our Impact Get Started Categories NIIF INVESTMENTS Groundwork Kitchen Culinary Arts Training & Restaurant Facility Sponsored by Paul’s Place Paul’s Place, a longstanding nonprofit service provider in Southwest Baltimore, has launched construction of Groundwork Kitchen, a new, 15,000-square foot culinary arts training facility and restaurant located on Pigtown’s Main Street. Paul’s Place has been a fixture in the Pigtown community for over 30 years, providing hot meals, a food pantry, a nurses clinic, clothing, showers, laundry services, peer recovery, support groups, and other resources for those in need. With the launch of Groundwork Kitchen, Paul’s Place is working collaboratively with Catalyst Kitchens, a national non-profit, to create a food service social enterprise that will train and prepare young adults for employment and incorporate a 150 seat restaurant (open for lunch and dinner) and a catering business. NIIF provided Paul’s Place with $2 million in bridge financing for the project, which complemented New Markets Tax Credit equity, a leveraged loan from Enterprise Community Loan Fund, and support from the State of Maryland, Baltimore City, and support from the Weinberg Foundation and other donors. The project is expected to create over 100 construction jobs and 13 full time positions, while providing training for more than 70 individuals through its programs. PREVIOUS Village Center at Stadium Place Sponsored by GEDCO NEXT Bloomberg Philanthropies Provides Three-Year Grant Award to Support NIIF Launch This report to the Baltimore community highlights NIIF’s progress to date. 2020 Annual Report Home About NIIF Eligiblity Financing Our Impact Contact Mailing Address: Box 354, 711 West 40th Street, Suite 153 Baltimore, MD 21211 info@baltimoreniif.org © 2021 Neighborhood Investment Impact Fund. All Rights Reserved. To the top ↑