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Tailored Funding Solutions
Since 1956, CDF has been pooling the savings of the Catholic community to provide financing to Catholic organisations on more favourable terms than banks.
From classrooms, social housing and aged care homes, to hospital wings and more, we have provided billions in dollars to help ensure Catholic organisations can achieve their mission.
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Pictured: CDF client, Cabrini Hospital (Photography by Peter Clarke)
The Challenge
Growing Demand and Limited Funding
Catholic organisations face increasing funding challenges due to rapid growth in demand for their services, driven by demographic trends. We understand that growing capital needs cannot be met by debt alone:
Healthcare
By 2039, 20% of Australia’s population will be aged 65+, increasing healthcare demand

Aged Care
Australia’s ageing population is projected to face a shortfall of 100,000 aged care beds by 2025

Education
Immigration and population growth are creating urgent needs for new and upgraded learning facilities
Housing
Over 160,000 households are currently on social housing wait lists due to cost of living pressures

Our Solution
CDF Social Infrastructure Fund (CDF-SIF)
We understand that the growing capital needs of organisations, cannot be met by debt alone. That's why CDF have developed an innovative funding approach to bridge these critical gaps.
The CDF Social Infrastructure Fund (CDF-SIF) offers Catholic organisations the ability to release growth capital from existing assets through a sale and leaseback funding model specifically designed to meet their unique needs.
Our solution delivers compelling advantages over sale and leaseback funding offered by for-profit providers:
1. Retain Control
CDF SIF enables Catholic organisations to release capital while retaining legal ownership and strategic control of the underlying assets
2. Tax Efficiency
Our transaction structure is designed to maintain the tax treatment available to charitable organisations
3. Financial Flexibility
Our sale and leaseback transactions can be unwound early if a client’s needs change during the term of the arrangement, providing financial flexibility in a changing landscape
Pictured: CDF Staff
Why CDF-SIF?
CDF-SIF is a mission-aligned partner working alongside Catholic organisations to achieve our shared mission in fulfilling the Gospel.
Through CDF-SIF, Catholic organisations can unlock billions in trapped capital, enabling the expansion of vital services to help achieve their mission, and benefit the wider community.
Want to learn more?
We are actively seeking seed asset opportunities in healthcare, aged care, education and social housing.
To explore how CDF-SIF can support your organisation’s mission, please contact your CDF Relationship Manager, or speak to our team today.
CDPF Limited, a company established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, has indemnified the Catholic Development Fund ABN 15 274 943 760 (the Fund) against any liability arising out of a claim by investors in the Fund. In practice, this means your investment is backed by the assets of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. The Fund is required by law to make the following disclosure. Investment in the Fund is only intended to attract investors whose primary purpose for making their investment is to support the charitable purposes of the Fund. Investors’ funds will be used to generate a return to the Fund that will be applied to further the charitable works of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and the Dioceses of Sale, Bunbury and Ballarat. The Fund is not prudentially supervised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority nor has it been examined or approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). An investor in the Fund will not receive the benefit of the financial claims scheme or the depositor protection provisions in the Banking Act 1959 (Cth). The investments that the Fund offers are not subject to the usual protections for investors under the Corporations Act (Cth) or regulation by ASIC. Investors may be unable to get some or all of their money back when the investor expects or at all and investments in the Fund are not comparable to investments with banks, finance companies or fund managers. The Fund’s identification statement may be viewed at here or by contacting the Fund. The Fund does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence.
