Anand Kesavan,
ESRF and EFF Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Location: Los Angeles, California
Enrollment: Network: 12,982; Obligated Group: 8,154
Loan Amount: $28.0 million
Savings Amount: $3.4 million
School Site: www.laalliance.org
Ratings Direct: Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools
Obligor Summary: Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools Obligor Summary
Founded in 2004, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is one of the largest charter school networks in the nation, operating 25 high-performing middle and high schools that educate nearly 13,000 students from Los Angeles’ most underserved communities. 95% of Alliance scholars have graduated from high school and been accepted to college, and the network’s schools have been recognized amongst the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, and the US and California Departments of Education.
Equitable School Revolving Fund has committed to funding a $28.0 million, 30-year, fixed-rate loan to Alliance to advance refund bonds used for the construction of two middle school campuses and to refinance a New Market Tax Credit transaction.