Traditional donation
1×
One capital deployment
A donated dollar goes to work for a nonprofit once. Its mission impact may last, but the dollar itself is typically spent rather than returned to fund another organization.
A charitable project of GVNGorg
One donation.
A lifetime of impact.
The GoodFi Nonprofit Loan Fund is a charitable project of GVNGorg, a 501(c)(3) public charity. We are developing a revolving loan program intended to finance nonprofits, recycle repaid principal, and track the continuing impact of each gift.
The GoodFi Token is an impact badge—not an investment. It has no monetary value, ownership rights, redemption rights, or financial return. Lending operations and online giving are not yet launched. Donations supporting the project are made through fiscal sponsor GVNGorg.
The opportunity
What if a donation could keep working?
Traditional charitable gifts can create tremendous impact, but the donated dollars are usually spent once. Many nonprofits also need working capital, bridge financing, equipment funding, or growth capital that can responsibly be repaid over time.
GoodFi is built around a simple idea: donate the dollar once, lend it responsibly, recycle the principal when it comes back, and transparently track how much good that original gift continues to finance.
How GoodFi works
Donate. Lend. Repay. Relend.
The proposed model uses charitable contributions made through GVNGorg to support a revolving loan fund for qualified nonprofits. Subject to final lending and servicing arrangements, repaid principal could finance additional nonprofit loans. Donors do not own loans or repayments; donations are irrevocable charitable gifts to GVNGorg for the GoodFi project.
GoodFi charitable revolving fund
10×+
Potential repeat deployments
If principal is repaid, the same pool can be redeployed into a new nonprofit loan, then another, and another—compounding the usefulness of the original capital.
Important: “10×+” illustrates cumulative charitable capital deployments over time—not a financial return to the donor and not a guarantee. Actual recycling will depend on loan duration, repayment performance, defaults, fees, liquidity, and the final GoodFi structure.
The GoodFi funding loop
Repay. Redeploy. Repeat.
The proposed revolving pool would finance qualified nonprofit borrowers. As principal is repaid, available capital could be redeployed into subsequent loans, subject to program policies and sponsor approval.
Loan 1→Loan 2→Loan 3→…→10+
Defaults and expenses can reduce the amount of original charitable capital that remains available to recycle. GoodFi's impact reporting is designed to show that reality, not hide it.
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1. Donategift enters the pool
2. Nonprofitsreceive loans
3. Principalis repaid
4. Redeployfund the next loan
10×+illustrative deployments
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Donors contribute
Individuals and institutions can support the GoodFi project through its fiscal sponsor, GVNGorg.
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GoodFi underwrites
Under the planned program, nonprofit borrowers would be evaluated for mission fit, repayment capacity, and credit risk.
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Loans go to work
If the lending program launches, approved nonprofit borrowers would receive documented loans. Donors would have no ownership interest in individual loans.
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Repayments recycle
Repaid principal could be made available for future nonprofit loans; planned impact reporting would track attributable cumulative deployment and losses.
The GoodFi Token
A token that tracks impact—not value.
The GoodFi Token is designed as a digital impact badge linked to a charitable contribution. It is not bought, sold, redeemed, staked, or used to claim loan repayments. Its job is simple: preserve a transparent record of how far the donor's original gift has traveled.
Digital infrastructure
The token keeps score.
GoodFi donations are pooled, so a donor does not own or control a specific loan. Instead, GoodFi can use a consistent attribution methodology to associate each gift with its proportional share of loan deployments, repayments, losses, and redeployments.
A blockchain-based ledger can preserve that history over years or decades—showing cumulative nonprofit capital deployed, how many times the original gift has been recycled, and how much attributable charitable capital is still working.
Impact lineage
Follow the attributable history of an original charitable gift across successive nonprofit loans.
Impact Velocity
Measure cumulative nonprofit capital deployed divided by the donor's original contribution.
Capital still working
Show what percentage of the original attributable charitable capital remains available or deployed today.
Auditable history
Create a durable record of deployments, repayments, redeployments, and losses rather than a marketing-only impact claim.
Illustrative donor dashboard
Your GoodFi Token could tell a 20-year story.
The figures below are an example of the reporting concept—not a forecast or promised result.
Original gift$10,000
Cumulative nonprofit capital deployed$84,600
Impact Velocity8.46×
Original capital still working61%
Loan deployments supported14
Years in circulation12
The GoodFi Token has no cash value and does not represent $6,100 owned by the donor. “61% still working” means GoodFi's attribution methodology indicates that an amount equal to 61% of the original gift remains within the charitable revolving pool after repayments, redeployments, losses, and expenses.
Design principles
Trust has to come before technology.
GoodFi succeeds only if the charitable structure, underwriting, governance, accounting, cybersecurity, borrower protections, and impact methodology are credible. The token is a reporting tool layered on top of that foundation.
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Mission first. Technology serves the financing objective—not the other way around.
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Responsible credit. Lending standards should protect both borrowers and the capital pool.
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No donor ownership. Donations are irrevocable charitable gifts. Tokens carry no claim on GoodFi, its assets, its loans, or borrower repayments.
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Radical transparency. Publish how attribution works, what has been repaid, what has defaulted, what it costs, and what remains in circulation.
About Us
Built at the intersection of nonprofit finance, banking, and financial technology.
GoodFi is being developed to give philanthropic capital a longer working life. The model combines disciplined nonprofit lending with transparent capital tracking so that charitable dollars can be responsibly recycled into new nonprofit loans as principal is repaid.
Hugh Connelly, CFA, CTP
Founder, GoodFi
Founder
Banker. Educator. Technologist.
Hugh Connelly is a banking executive, educator, and financial technologist whose career has focused on building credit businesses and using technology to make lending more efficient. He served as Chief Banking & Credit Officer at B Generous, where he helped shape credit policies, underwriting processes, lender-matching capabilities and credit tools designed to expand access to financing for nonprofit organizations. He continues to support select transactions on a consulting basis. His work there gave him direct experience with the financing needs of nonprofits and with the banks and other capital providers that serve them.
Across a career in commercial banking and specialty finance, Hugh has built lending businesses, managed commercial loan portfolios, and developed and implemented credit policy, underwriting standards, lending authorities, approval processes, portfolio controls, and digital lending workflows. His experience spans commercial lending, equipment finance, nearly $1 billion of asset securitizations, SBA lending, CDFI banking, treasury management, and digital financial products. At Huntingdon Valley Bank, he helped grow the commercial loan portfolio from approximately $13 million to more than $300 million while building new lending and financial-services capabilities.
Hugh also brings substantial blockchain and cryptocurrency experience to GoodFi. He began studying blockchain technology in 2017, completed MIT's Cryptocurrency and Blockchain program, and led the banking work behind a first-of-its-kind transaction that used commercial bank loan assets in connection with MakerDAO's DAI ecosystem. The project required navigating bank credit policy, executive and board approval, compliance, and the operational requirements of a U.S. commercial bank, broker-dealer, and trust-bank structure.
In addition to his banking work, Hugh teaches finance and entrepreneurship at Holy Family University, bringing practical experience in banking, credit analysis, financial decision-making, entrepreneurship, and emerging technology into the classroom. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designations, a master's degree in finance from Drexel University, and an undergraduate degree in finance with statistics coursework from Temple University.
GoodFi brings those disciplines together: nonprofit finance, institutional credit underwriting, banking policy, financial technology, and blockchain-based transparency—with the goal of helping philanthropic capital finance nonprofit missions repeatedly rather than only once.
More about Hugh ConnellyNonprofit financeFormer Chief Banking & Credit Officer, B Generous
Bank credit leadershipPolicy, underwriting, portfolio management & lending systems
Blockchain experienceMIT program + commercial bank / MakerDAO transaction
EducationFinance & entrepreneurship, Holy Family University
Project status
Fiscal sponsorship established. Lending program in development.
GVNGorg has recognized GoodFi Nonprofit Loan Fund as a charitable project and provided instructions for contributions by check or wire. We are working through the remaining lending, servicing, governance, accounting, legal and impact-reporting arrangements before opening loan applications or online giving on this site.
Sponsored charitable project · Lending not yet launched
What should come next
- Fiscal sponsorship through GVNGorg — established
- Revolving loan policies & accounting
- Nonprofit underwriting framework
- Governance & risk controls
- Impact-attribution ledger
- Phase One pilot program
FAQ
Start with the obvious questions.
Can I buy, trade, or redeem a GoodFi Token?
No. The GoodFi Token is designed as a non-monetary impact badge. It is not an investment, has no redemption value, carries no ownership rights, and is not intended for trading or staking.
What does the GoodFi Token actually do?
It links a donor's original charitable gift to an impact record. Using a defined attribution methodology, the record can report cumulative nonprofit capital deployed, Impact Velocity, repayments, losses, and the percentage of attributable original capital that remains working over time.
Are donations tax-deductible?
GoodFi Nonprofit Loan Fund is a charitable project of GVNGorg, an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 81-2446261). Contributions made to GVNGorg in support of the GoodFi project are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Donors should consult their tax advisers about individual circumstances. This website does not yet process donations.
Does “10×+” mean a 10× investment return?
No. The donor receives no financial return. The 10×+ illustration refers to cumulative charitable capital deployments: for example, an original $10,000 gift that is repaid and redeployed repeatedly might eventually support $100,000 or more of nonprofit lending. Actual results will vary and may be much lower because of defaults, fees, timing, and other losses.
What happens if a nonprofit loan defaults?
The loss reduces the charitable capital available to recycle. The donor is not personally liable and has no claim for repayment, but the GoodFi impact record should reflect the loss transparently. Different gifts may therefore show different recycling histories depending on the final attribution methodology.
Fiscal sponsorship
A charitable project of GVNGorg.
GoodFi Nonprofit Loan Fund is a charitable project of GVNGorg, an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 81-2446261).
Contributions in support of GoodFi are received by GVNGorg and are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. GVNGorg has provided project-specific instructions for checks and wires. Please contact us to request these instructions or discuss institutional giving.
Operational status: Fiscal sponsorship is established; the revolving lending program, repayment recycling procedures, and servicing arrangements are still being finalized. We are not yet accepting loan applications or online payments through this website.
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