Exploring Short Term Financing for Conservation

The need to secure conservation outcomes is more significant than ever. In today’s fast-paced real estate market, landowners may not be willing to wait for grants or funding from state or federal agencies and as a result, key lands are lost. One strategy to compete in the market is to use a short-term or bridge loan, to meet the timing required by the landowner while waiting for the public funding to come through. Join LegacyWorks Group’s Reggie Hall, conservation loan collaborative chief program officer and Ole Amundsen, program manager, with for a pre-recorded webinar designed to help you understand the pros and cons of adding bridge loans to your conservation tool kit. This pre-recorded webinar is designed to help land trust financial decision makers gauge when interim finance might be an appropriate tool to use for your organization.

Here’s a look at what we will cover:

• Financial terminology related to short-term financing.

• Different sources of bridge loans.

• Strategies and best practices throughout the borrowing process for achieving success with your immediate project and long-term organizational growth.

• Lending scenarios to discuss, with expert commentary from the instructors.

You will receive a handout with bridge loans and financial readiness self-assessments and questions to ask a lender in addition to the recording and presentation slides. We suggest watching this recording with a colleague or two so that you can pause and discuss the scenarios presented by the speakers.

This pre-recorded webinar is included in the 2025 Webinar Pass.