For Borrowers
Borrowing Criteria
Does Steward work with beginning farmers and ranchers?
How does Steward assess animal welfare in farming projects?
Why partner with Steward versus raising capital independently?
What does the Steward loan process involve?
How does the Stewardship Standard relate to sustainable and regenerative agriculture?
What kind of agriculture businesses does Steward work with?
Am I eligible for a Steward loan?
Can I use a Steward loan to purchase land?
Using The Steward Platform
Using Steward: Application Process
About Project Pages
What identity verification documents do I need?
Verify your business with Steward's payment facilitator
What should I include in my Farm Page?
Using Steward: Live Project
How does Lender Checkout work?
What happens when a project successfully meets its loan amount?
How do I find anchor lenders to participate in my loan?
What is the point of the private campaign period?
Using Steward: Growth & Repayments
Borrower Resources
Receiving a commercial loan from Steward - FAQs
FAQ Participated Loans - Borrowers
For Lenders
Lender FAQ
How is tax handled for my loan participation?
Payment Profile Creation - Errors and Solutions
Why did my transaction fail?
How does Lender Checkout work?
How much can I lend to a project?
What is Dwolla?
What lender opportunities are available with Steward?
What is Steward's loan servicing spread?
What transaction methods are available when participating in a loan?
Can anyone from the general public purchase loan participations from Steward?
Is lending with Steward an investment or a donation?
What are the fees for lenders?
Why is personal information required in order to handle payment on Steward?
Why is my transaction still pending?
Adding A Second Funding Source
Steward Regenerative Capital
Understanding your Steward Regenerative Capital loan
Automatically roll over loans to Steward Regenerative Capital
What is Steward Regenerative Capital?
How to request an early withdrawal of your Regenerative Capital loan
FAQ Participated Loans - Lenders
About Steward
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- Using The Steward Platform
- Using Steward: Application Process
- What identity verification documents do I need?
What identity verification documents do I need?
To ensure the secure transfer of funds on the Steward platform, businesses will be required to verify their identity with Steward's payment facilitator.
When prompted, the below documents can be used to verify:
To identify an individual:
- A current, valid passport
- A current state-issued driver's license
To identify an entity (your business/farm):
Be sure to select 'Other' as your document type when uploading any business-specific documents.
- Limited Liability Corporation (LLC): EIN Letter (IRS-issued SS4 confirmation letter)
- Partnership: EIN Letter (IRS-issued SS4 confirmation letter)
- Trust: Trust agreement
- Corporation: Articles of incorporation
- Non Profit: Articles of incorporation
- Sole Proprietorship: One or more of the following, as applicable to your sole proprietorship:
- Fictitious Business Name Statement
- Certificate of Assumed Name
- Business License
- Sales/Use Tax License
- Registration of Trade Name
- EIN documentation (IRS-issued SS4 confirmation letter)
- Color copy of a valid government-issued photo ID (e.g., a driver’s license, passport, or state ID card)
Other business documents may be acceptable on a case by case basis with approval from our payment facilitator. These include any US government entity (federal, state, local) issued business formation or licensing exhibiting the name of the business, or any business formation documents exhibiting the name of the business entity in addition to being filed and stamped by a US government entity. Examples include:
- Filed and stamped Articles of Organization or Incorporation
- Sales/Use Tax License
- Business License
- Certificate of Good Standing
