Urban Patchwork - Customer Story

March 12, 2023
2 min read

Nonprofit revitalizes campuses and stabilizes operations with working capital through Lendio.

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Working Capital

Working Capital

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Industry
Nonprofit

Nonprofit

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Location
"Austin

"Austin

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Texas

Texas

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Texas

Texas

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Employees

1-50

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Urban Patchwork, which helps schools create spaces that connect kids to nature, faced issues with a different type of green. So its owner sought financing through Lendio.

https://urbanpatchwork.org/

“Lendio worked with me quickly and allowed us to get funds … and just gave us a buffer through the summer.”

Urban Patchwork's Story

Paige Oliverio started the nonprofit Urban Patchwork in 2009 with the goal of designing and building spaces that incorporate nature. But just like any other business, Paige found she had issues with a different type of green.

“People assume there is a surplus of grant cash just out there waiting to be claimed by nonprofits, but it’s not true,” she says. “It has to be run like a business. And like any business, keeping skilled staff, and the cash on hand to pay them, is hard.”

Paige persisted, eventually starting a for-profit spinoff of Urban Patchwork, working with a number of Austin-area schools to revitalize their campuses. After facing a shortage of working capital, Paige turned to Lendio for financing.

“Lendio worked with me quickly and allowed us to get funds for everything from paying off high-interest debt to hiring a new assistant,” she says, “and just gave us a buffer through the summer.”

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Urban Patchwork
Nonprofit revitalizes campuses and stabilizes operations with working capital through Lendio.

Urban Patchwork, which helps schools create spaces that connect kids to nature, faced issues with a different type of green. So its owner sought financing through Lendio.

https://urbanpatchwork.org/

“Lendio worked with me quickly and allowed us to get funds … and just gave us a buffer through the summer.”

Urban Patchwork's Story

Paige Oliverio started the nonprofit Urban Patchwork in 2009 with the goal of designing and building spaces that incorporate nature. But just like any other business, Paige found she had issues with a different type of green.

“People assume there is a surplus of grant cash just out there waiting to be claimed by nonprofits, but it’s not true,” she says. “It has to be run like a business. And like any business, keeping skilled staff, and the cash on hand to pay them, is hard.”

Paige persisted, eventually starting a for-profit spinoff of Urban Patchwork, working with a number of Austin-area schools to revitalize their campuses. After facing a shortage of working capital, Paige turned to Lendio for financing.

“Lendio worked with me quickly and allowed us to get funds for everything from paying off high-interest debt to hiring a new assistant,” she says, “and just gave us a buffer through the summer.”

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