WHAT IS FRED?

Emerging from the Charter School Facility Center at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the FRED (Financing and Real Estate Development)  initiative offers a range of solutions for the key aspects of a successful facility ecosystem: policy, financing, and real estate development strategies.

Financing

New state loan funds, NMTCs, and more...

Real Estate Development

Adaptive Reuse, Incubators, Land Trusts, and more...

FRED Conferences and FRED Talks

Events for schools and advocates

State Policies

State enhancements, Revolving loan funds, and more...

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join us for our second annual FRED Faculty Conference in Nashville on November 13th 2025.

This conference will consist of two strands:

  1. Strand A will help school personnel focus on the real estate development process and putting their team together to deliver a project
  2. Strand B will help those seeking to strengthen the city/state facility ecosystem such as better policies and a more robust marketplace of support providers.
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LEARN ABOUT FACILITY SOLUTIONS

Real Estate Development Solutions

Gain insights into real estate development strategies to ease the process of developing charter schools.

Financing Solutions

Discover funding and financing opportunities to support real estate development projects.

Policy Solutions

Exploring policy and advocacy strategies to secure financing and real estate development for expanding charter schools.