Our Experience: Non-profit Bonds

EXPERIENCE AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR NON-PROFIT BOND ISSUERS

Working with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Leora Consulting Group has developed considerable experience as a financial advisor for bonds issued on behalf of 501(c)(3) non-profits. To date, Miriam Sevy has served as financial advisor on twenty-nine 501(c)(3) bond transactions totaling $295 million, which include the following transactions:

BORROWER CLOSING DATE ISSUE SIZE
Virginia Mason Research Center December 1997 $27,410,000
American Red Cross - Seattle/King County February 1998 1,200,000
Seattle University Auxiliary Services March 1998 23,745,000
Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation September 1998 3,155,000
Pierce County YMCA December 1998 11,000,000
YMCA of the Inland Northwest April 1999 5,800,000
Snohomish County YMCA June 1999 4,600,000
Columbia Willamette YMCA August 1999 5,800,000
South Sound YMCA September 1999 5,500,000
St Vincent de Paul January 2000 5,000,000
University Preparatory Academy May 2000 7,000,000
Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation August 2000 8,800,000
Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences September 2000 15,445,000
Local 82 JATC Education Development Trust November, 2000 4,300,000
Tacoma Art Museum July 2002 10,000,000
The Evergreen School July 2002 9,500,000
Annie Wright School December 2002 6,790,000
United Way of King County March 2003 8,500,000
Open Windows School August 2003 6,600,000
Gonzaga Preparatory School September 2003 10,000,000
Overlake School October 2003 12,000,000
Childhaven December 2003 5,000,000
Museum of History and Industry December 2003 5,000,000
Antioch University May 2005 6,780,000
The Northwest School June 2005 11,000,000
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart June 2005 12,765,000
Seattle Art Museum October 2005 50,000,000
Lutheran Community Services October 2005 6,200,000
The Bertschi School Pending 6,160,000
    $295,050,000

GENERAL EXPERIENCE AS ADVISOR FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
In addition, Leora Consulting Group has worked or is currently working as a financial consultant for the following 501(c)(3) non-profit clients:

  • Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle
  • The Bush School
  • Seattle Academy of Arts & Science
  • Metropolitan Development Council
  • South Sound YMCA
  • Artists’ Trust
  • Bastyr University
  • YMCA of Greater Seattle
  • Open Window School
  • Univ. of Washington Baseball Foundation
  • The Island School
  • Sounders Soccer Success Fund
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Martin Luther King Housing Development Assoc.
  • The Evergreen School
  • Tacoma Art Museum
  • Downtown Action to Save Housing
  • Community House Mental Health Association
  • Pilchuck School of Glass
  • Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center
  • United Way of King County
  • Overlake School
  • Alaska Sealife Center
  • Eastside Catholic High School
  • Seattle Country Day School
  • Museum of Flight

Client References Available Upon Request