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BCA is an agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. It was created to assist Bahá’í communities in developing and maintaining Bahá’í Centers.
BCA provides training and technical assistance to help Local Spiritual Assemblies lease, acquire, and manage Bahá’í centers. It provides financial assistance in the form of second mortgage loans to be provided from a Bahá’í Center Loan Fund managed by BCA.
Many Bahá’í communities experience challenges related to the building, acquiring or maintaining of a Center whether the communities already own a Center, are leasing one, or are still in the planning stages.
In response, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States incorporated the Bahá’í Center Assistance Corp. a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation in 2004. Feasibility studies and operational planning, which ultimately provided the formative foundation for BCA, were undertaken between 2000-2003 by committees appointed by the NSA.
BCA’s initial Board of Directors, from the various regions of the country, was appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly in the spring of 2005, and the organization began providing services to local communities in December of that year. The National Spiritual Assembly provides ongoing direction and guidance to BCA through its Office of the Treasurer.
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