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The Honorable Jovita Carranza Sonya Campion, Secretary Administrator Campion Advocacy Fund U.S. Small Business Administration Jennifer Reedy, Treasurer 409 3rd Street, SW Bush Foundation Washington, DC 20416 Sarah Kastelic, At-Large Member National Indian Child Welfare Association Dear Administrator Carranza: Daniel J. Cardinali, President and CEO Independent Sector On behalf of the nonprofit sector, we want to thank you and all SBA employees around the country working overtime to help the nation in a time of unprecedented Nicole Anderson need. As you know, nonprofits are on the front line in this crisis. Even as this AT&T Foundation pandemic has shut down vast portions of our economy, our organizations continue Antony Chiang to meet a wide range of needs, from providing meals to families, to offering Dogwood Health Trust emergency childcare, to even identifying emergency financial support for those Jim Clark who’ve lost their jobs in recent weeks. Boys & Girls Club of America

On April 6, acting as a voice for the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, Independent Marco A. Davis Sector authored an open letter to the U.S. banking industry, urging banks that are Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute participating in the loan assistance Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created in Jim Gibbons the CARES Act, to ensure nonprofits have equal access to these loans. There are Ron Kagan now more than 440 nonprofit and philanthropic organizations – large and small, and Detroit Zoological Society from all over the nation – that have signed that letter to the banking industry. Larry Kramer The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Today, we write to you to ask for an additional piece of data on SBA loans, which we believe will help uncover solutions to ensure that critical organizations receive the Janine Lee financial support they need to continue helping on the front lines of COVID-19. For Southeastern Council of Foundations many nonprofits with limited banking relationships, this loan application process has Terry Mazany been challenging. There is also real concern that charities, particularly those that are Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta led by people of color or serve communities of color, may find themselves shut out of the process to secure financial resources that are critical to their very survival. Michael McAfee PolicyLink

Our commitment is to make certain that this does not happen. As we said in our Diane Melley communication to the financial institutions, we stand ready to work in partnership The Philadelphia Foundation with government and private financial institutions to devise and deploy strategies Stacey D. Stewart that ensure all nonprofits that qualify for SBA 7(a) PPP loans are able to receive the March of Dimes resources needed to continue providing critical, life-sustaining services at this time. We look forward to working with policymakers to build upon and improve these Henry Timms lending provisions of the CARES Act in subsequent legislation. Lincoln Center David Williams The first step in understanding how to uncover solutions to significant challenges, Deloitte LLP we believe, is to understand the underlying data. The Honorable We absolutely understand, and support, that the first priority of the SBA right now John W. Gardner (1912-2002) Founding Chair must be to ensure successful implementation of the CARES Act provisions. Nonprofits and small businesses alike are counting on that. We do ask, however, Brian O'Connell (1930-2011) that a subsequent priority is a public and timely release of data detailing the Founding President and distribution of these SBA loans, specifically the breakdown between loan President Emeritus awards for nonprofit and for-profit entities. In addition to our vital role in serving the community, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations employ more than 10

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percent of the private workforce and rank as the third largest employer in the country compared to other industries. With objective data in hand we can then turn our attention to working in partnership with government and industry to build on successes or improve upon shortcomings. The data you collect is key to beginning that process.

We trust you share our commitment to making certain that those whose mission it is to serve the most vulnerable across our nation have equitable access to these vital resources. Independent Sector stands ready as a partner and offers our unique insight into nonprofit and philanthropic needs, so that the SBA can help get loans to those most in need. Working together, we will get this right.

Sincerely,

Dan Cardinali President and CEO Independent Sector

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