Jeff Monge

Jeff Monge’s professional career has uniquely combined his sharp business acumen with his passion for education and community advocacy. As a Bronx native, Monge has been dedicated to uplifting underprivileged communities.
Jeff is Managing Director of Monge Capital, a Latino-owned firm that specializes in advising and brokering complex business and real estate investments that offer both market returns for investors and social impacts for communities.

Under his leadership, Monge Capital has closed over $3 billion in complex structured financial transactions and has generated thousands of construction and permanent jobs along with critical community services.

Monge Capital has extensive expertise in direct equity and loan investing and in leveraging public financing programs with a niche focus on New Market Tax Credits (NMTCs), Historic Tax Credits, and Opportunity Zones (OZ).

Monge Capital advised Lendistry, a minority-led CDFI and first-time NMTC allocatee, in securing $35 million in NMTC allocation. This award facilitated the creation and deployment of tax-credit enhanced capital supporting minority borrowers, including the establishment of a small business working capital loan fund.

Active in community service, Jeff is the Board President of the Real Estate Association of Latinx Professionals and Treasurer off the Nora Gardens Senior Apartments, a Member of the Real Estate Executive Council, an Advisory Committee Member of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and a co-founder of Open Access, a program that increases Black and Latinx representation in the community development finance field.

In 2019, he received the Él Awards from La Opinión in recognition of his professional achievements and the 2024 Champion of the Year by the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development for his social impact work.

Jeff is a graduate of SUNY Polytechnical Institute in Utica, NY, with a Master’s degree in Business Management and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology.