Working with public and private partners, SLEFI’s mission is to connect communities and developers with the resources they need to build quality, affordable housing, create opportunities for residents, and improve quality of life. The St. Louis Equity Fund was founded in 1988 with a $75,000 grant from Civic Progress in response to the need for a locally owned and controlled organization to syndicate low-income housing tax credits created by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The first Fund in 1988 raised $3.25 million and facilitated the production of 105 affordable homes.  Since its inception, SLEFI has raised over $500 million which has enabled the production of 5,128 units of affordable housing in 155 partnerships in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas, outstate Missouri and Southern Illinois. In addition to raising equity to develop affordable housing, SLEFI provides non-traditional loan products and development consulting services through its wholly owned subsidiary, Gateway Community Development Fund, Inc. Gateway was established in 2009, as a US Treasury certified Community Development Financial Institution, and serves under-invested areas throughout the state of Missouri, Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Kansas. 

St. Louis Equity Fund
John Kennedy, President/CEO
707 N. 2nd St., Suite 308
St. Louis, MO 63102
Telephone: (314) 436-7810
Fax: (314) 436-1907
Email: JOHNKENNEDY@SLEFI.COM
Web: WWW.SLEFI.COM