How to use the Sponsor Org Chart Pack.
Six steps from entity-database population to a lender-ready org chart + diligence checklist. Plus practitioner tips on SPE discipline, guarantor-vs-PFS pairing, foreign-ownership disclosure, trust structures, and the ownership-transfer timing rules lenders enforce.
A. Six steps
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Download the Sponsor Org Chart Pack
You receive five PPTX templates (basic · JV · fund · multi-property · construction) + an XLSX entity database + a diligence checklist. Save into the sponsor file:
OrgChart_<Sponsor>_<Deal>.pptx. This is for OMs / lender submissions — distinct from the AI Team Org Chart deployment asset. - 2
Pick the variant matching your structure
Basic: single GP + LP investors. JV: GP / member structure with operating partner + capital partner. Fund: GP with fund vehicle + LP commitments. Multi-property: one GP holding multiple SPVs. Construction: borrower entity + guarantor + GC + design team. Pick one; archive the others.
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Populate the entity database first
XLSX columns: Entity Name · Entity Type (LLC, LP, Corp, Trust) · State of Formation · Tax ID · Role · Owner · Ownership % · Authorized Signatory · Guarantor (Y/N). Build this completely before drawing the org chart — every box in the PPTX should map to a row in the database.
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Build the org chart from the populated database
In the PPTX: top-level boxes = highest-tier entities (fund vehicle, holding co, top-tier LLC). Middle tiers = intermediate SPVs. Bottom = property-owning entity. Use solid lines for ownership, dashed for control / management. Color-code by entity type (LLC, LP, Corp) for visual clarity.
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Run the diligence checklist before submitting
Checklist (in the pack): EIN for every entity · Articles of Formation for every entity · Operating Agreement or LP Agreement for top-tier entity · Good Standing certificates · KYC for every signatory · UCC searches on borrower + guarantor · litigation searches on principals. Lender will ask for these — having them ready is the difference between a 2-week and a 4-week closing.
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Distribute the PDF + maintain the editable PPTX
Export PPTX to PDF for lender submission. Keep the editable PPTX in the sponsor file; structures change (new equity partners, new SPVs, ownership transfers) and you'll need to redraw quickly. Version:
OrgChart_<Sponsor>_v<n>_<YYYY-MM-DD>.pdf.
B. Practitioner tips
- Special-purpose entity discipline: lenders require the borrower to be a single-purpose, bankruptcy-remote entity. If your structure has commingled assets at the borrower level, that's a closing blocker. Flag it early.
- Guarantor analysis: the org chart shows WHO; the PFS shows WHAT. Both go to the lender together. The org chart establishes the guarantor relationship; the PFS establishes their net worth + liquidity.
- Foreign ownership: any non-US person in the ownership chain triggers FIRPTA + lender review for foreign-asset compliance. Disclose foreign ownership explicitly on the org chart with the entity-formation country.
- Trust structures: irrevocable trusts in the ownership chain need explicit trustee identification + trust agreement disclosure. Lender counsel will ask for the trust agreement; have it ready.
- Multi-property structures: one borrower per property is institutional standard for non-recourse lending. If your structure has one borrower across multiple properties, that's either recourse lending or a specialty facility — flag the structure type.
- Ownership transfers: if any ownership transfer is pending or anticipated within 12 months of closing, disclose to the lender at TS stage, not at closing. Lenders prohibit unauthorized transfers in the loan agreement; getting consent later is harder than disclosing upfront.
C. Scope & limits
- Not a legal substitute for counsel-prepared structure diagrams. The pack templates the structure visually; counsel reviews legal sufficiency.
- Not for tax structuring. Pass-through, REIT election, opportunity-zone overlay decisions are tax-counsel calls; the chart documents the structure after the decision.
- Not for public-company or REIT-level disclosure (10-K format, related-party transaction tables). Built for private CRE deal-level structure disclosure.
- Does not handle multi-fund / multi-vintage GP structures where one GP runs multiple fund vehicles. For complex fund-of-funds or master/feeder structures, build separately.
D. Pairs with
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Sponsor Diligence Analyst
Agent (forthcoming Q4 2026)
Reviews the org chart + entity database for completeness, red flags, foreign-ownership disclosure, and consistency with the PFS/REO submission.
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Legal Reviewer
Agent (forthcoming Q3 2026)
Flags structural issues that loan agreements typically restrict (transfer covenants, change-of-control triggers, SPV requirements).
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PFS / REO Builder
Template (available now)
Org chart shows WHO is the guarantor; PFS shows WHAT they're worth. Both go to the lender together.
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OM Builder
Template (available now)
The OM's Sponsor section references the org chart structure; the org chart pack provides the visual the OM cites.
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Lender Checklist
Template (available now)
The org chart + entity-database items are tracked on the closing checklist (KYC, EIN, formation docs, good-standing certs).
Next step
Build the full stack around it.
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