Heritage-led revitalization
Founded by a group of experienced professionals in the fields of architecture, conservation, urban planning and impact finance, CHiFA aims to build a global marketplace and a supportive ecosystem of expertise and civic interests premised on opportunities for capital investment in historic places, while supporting a range of Sustainable Development Goals.
We engage with local actors – communities, local leaders, public and private partners – to organize planning assistance and to provide low-cost, mission driven working capital, thereby enabling projects to better attract return-seeking private finance.
CHiFA works worldwide with public, private, and non-profit heritage property owners and stewards to integrate investment opportunities into heritage management systems, creating a new field of practice for broad dissemination and replication.
Strategic Partnership: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds (FJC) and the Cultural Heritage Finance Alliance (CHiFA) collaborate to develop and manage private investment in the regeneration of historic cities, sites, and heritage-rich neighborhoods around the world. As CHiFA raises philanthropic loan capital to invest in sites globally, FJC manages the operations of aggregating and deploying these funds, including servicing for its international project loan fund. This arrangement allows CHiFA to remain lean and focused on mission, with FJC leveraging its scaled operational platform to deliver back office support and ancillary services including payments for most of CHiFA’s day to day expenses. Learn more about the partnership.
