Evaluation Criteria

Maximum Points Possible

Category I:   Investment

35

Criteria 1:     Investment capacity, skills and experience of Applicant's management team

15

Criteria 2:    Strength and likelihood for success of Applicant's operations and investment strategies

10

Criteria 3:    Applicant's understanding of markets in designated LI Areas

10

Category II:  Community Development

35

Criteria 4:    Community development capacity, skills and experience of Applicant's management team

10

Criteria 5:    The need for developmental venture capital investments in designated LI Areas

10

Criteria 6:    Strength and likelihood for success of Applicant’s plan to provide operational assistance

10

Criteria 7:    Extent to which Applicant intends to concentrate its resources and activities in LI Areas as opposed to non-LI Areas

5

Category III:  Capability to Execute Plans

30

Criteria 8:    Likelihood that Applicant will raise regulatory capital

10

Criteria 9:    Likelihood that Applicant will raise matching resources for operational assistance grant

10

Criteria 10: Likelihood and extent that Applicant's planned investment and operational assistance activities will have a positive economic and community development impact on designated LI Areas.

10

TOTAL

100