Private company

Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund

Fund registered in the United States, based in Dover, active since 2018. Summary from the record

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

HeadquartersDover, United States²
Legal formStatutory Trust²
Kind of organizationFund²
LEI549300H513RTF4I5T758²
StatusActive²
LEI statusIssued and current²
Registered addressc/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201, 19904 Dover, United States²
Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 6811241²

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Corporate structure

Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund sits at the top of its group. 22 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund Dover, Delaware, United States
- 26North BDC, Inc. Stake · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- AGTB Private BDC Stake · New York, New York
- ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND Stake · New York, New York, United States
- Barings Capital Investment Corp Stake · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Barings Private Credit Corp Stake · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. Stake · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Golub Capital BDC 4, Inc. Stake · Lutherville Timonium, Maryland, United States
- GOLUB CAPITAL DIRECT LENDING CORP Stake · Lutherville Timonium, Maryland, United States
- Golub Capital Private Credit Fund Stake · New York, New York
- KKR FS Income Trust Stake · New York, New York, United States
- KKR FS Income Trust Select Stake · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- New Mountain Guardian III BDC, L.L.C. Stake · New York, New York, United States
- New Mountain Guardian IV BDC, L.L.C. Stake · New York, New York, United States
- New Mountain Private Credit Fund Stake · New York, New York, United States
- Redwood Enhanced Income Fund, LP Stake · New York, New York
- Stellus Private Credit BDC Stake · Houston, Texas
- Stone Point Credit Corp Stake · Greenwich, Connecticut
- Stone Point Credit Income Fund Stake · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
- TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC Stake · Los Angeles, California, United States
- TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLC Stake · Los Angeles, California
- VISTA CREDIT STRATEGIC LENDING CORP. Stake · San Francisco, California, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); stakes of 5% or more it reported on Schedules 13D and 13G (21 companies). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Leadership

Who has led Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

President

Stephen Lane Nesbitt2019–now

20202025

PresidentStephen Lane Nesbitt Mar 6, 2019 to now³

Board members and other officers (13)

Chief Compliance OfficerBernadette Murphy Sep 4, 2026 to now⁴
SecretaryAnn Maurer Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019⁵
TreasurerLance Johnson Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019⁶
Chief Compliance OfficerPerpetua Seidenberg Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019⁷
Board memberMatthew Eugene Worley Oct 21, 2025 to now⁸
Board memberStephen Lane Nesbitt Nov 2, 2023 to now⁹
Board memberDominic Jerome Garcia Jan 3, 2022 to Nov 22, 2024¹⁰
Board memberPaul Stewart Atkins Dec 22, 2021 to Oct 12, 2022¹¹
Board memberPaul Jay Williams Dec 23, 2021 to Jul 22, 2024¹²
Board memberFischer J. Anthony Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019¹³
Board memberGary Shugrue Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019¹⁴
Board memberRobert Seyferth Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019¹⁵
Board memberTerrance P. Gallagher Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019¹⁶

Timeline

Mar 21, 2018Founded Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund is founded²

Filings

119 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 23 insider forms, 96 other. The latest 20:

Sep 18, 202640-17G EDGAR
Sep 4, 20263 EDGAR
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Aug 26, 2026N-PX EDGAR
Aug 19, 2026APP ORDR EDGAR
Aug 17, 2026APP NTC EDGAR
Jul 29, 2026486BPOS EDGAR
Jul 28, 2026N-23C3A EDGAR
Jul 9, 20264 EDGAR
Jun 25, 202624F-2NT EDGAR
Jun 12, 2026N-CEN EDGAR
Jun 8, 2026N-CSR EDGAR
May 22, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
May 8, 2026N-23C3A EDGAR
Apr 2, 20264 EDGAR
Mar 24, 2026NPORT-P/A EDGAR
Mar 2, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Feb 19, 2026N-2 EDGAR
Feb 5, 2026N-23C3A EDGAR
Jan 13, 20264 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR

The 119 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

17 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 17 buys and 0 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

Date	Who	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Jul 7, 2026	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	40,488	$10.25	$415.0K	Form 4
Apr 1, 2026	Worley Matthew EugeneDirector	Buy	28,463	$10.54	$300.0K	Form 4
Jan 9, 2026	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	28,681	$10.46	$300.0K	Form 4
Dec 11, 2025	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	656,045	$10.67	$7.0M	Form 4
Nov 25, 2025	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	777,670	$10.63	$8.3M	Form 4
Jul 10, 2025	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	330,813	$10.58	$3.5M	Form 4
May 7, 2025	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	2,000,047	$10.65	$21.3M	Form 4
Nov 20, 2024	Garcia Dominic JeromeDirector	Buy	27,804	$10.79	$300.0K	Form 4
Sep 13, 2024	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	459,137	$10.89	$5.0M	Form 4
Jul 19, 2024	Williams Paul JayDirector	Buy	17,740	$10.71	$190.0K	Form 4
Jul 15, 2024	Corebridge Financial, Inc.	Buy	24,267,400			Form 4
Oct 31, 2023	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	754,717	$10.60	$8.0M	Form 4
Oct 12, 2023	Nesbitt Stephen LanePresident/Interested Trustee	Buy	5,692,600	$10.54	$60.0M	Form 4
Oct 7, 2022	Atkins Paul StewartDirector	Buy	71,565	$750,000.00	$53.7B	Form 4
Oct 7, 2022	Williams Paul JayDirector	Buy	20,992	$10.48	$220.0K	Form 4
May 2, 2022	Williams Paul JayDirector	Buy	37,383	$10.70	$400.0K	Form 4
Mar 18, 2022	Williams Paul JayDirector	Buy	85,275	$10.73	$915.0K	Form 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Stakes it holds

Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund has told the SEC it owns more than 5% of 21 companies, latest first (Schedules 13D and 13G).

Barings Private Credit CorpSCHEDULE 13D/A Feb 10, 2023 to May 15, 2026¹⁷
TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLCSCHEDULE 13G May 7, 2026¹⁸
26North BDC, Inc.SCHEDULE 13G/A Nov 9, 2023 to Feb 17, 2026¹⁹
Golub Capital Private Credit FundSCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 12, 2024 to Feb 17, 2026²⁰
Stone Point Credit Income FundSCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 7, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026²¹
ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUNDSCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 12, 2024 to Nov 14, 2025²²
Barings Capital Investment CorpSCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 11, 2022 to Nov 14, 2025²³
GOLUB CAPITAL DIRECT LENDING CORPSCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 11, 2022 to Nov 14, 2025²⁴
KKR FS Income TrustSCHEDULE 13G/A Jul 10, 2023 to Nov 14, 2025²⁵
KKR FS Income Trust SelectSCHEDULE 13G/A Apr 9, 2024 to Nov 14, 2025²⁶
New Mountain Private Credit FundSCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 14, 2025 to Nov 14, 2025²⁷
Stone Point Credit CorpSCHEDULE 13G/A Sep 19, 2024 to Nov 14, 2025²⁸
VISTA CREDIT STRATEGIC LENDING CORP.SCHEDULE 13G/A Nov 9, 2023 to Nov 14, 2025²⁹
Stellus Private Credit BDCSCHEDULE 13G/A Jun 10, 2022 to Nov 13, 2025³⁰
Golub Capital BDC 4, Inc.SCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 10, 2023 to Aug 13, 2025³¹
New Mountain Guardian III BDC, L.L.C.SCHEDULE 13G/A Feb 11, 2022 to Feb 14, 2025³²
New Mountain Guardian IV BDC, L.L.C.SC 13G/A Feb 10, 2023 to Nov 14, 2024³³
Redwood Enhanced Income Fund, LPSC 13G/A Feb 10, 2023 to Feb 12, 2024³⁴
TCW Direct Lending VIII LLCSC 13G/A Mar 21, 2022 to Feb 12, 2024³⁵
AGTB Private BDCSC 13G/A Feb 10, 2023³⁶
Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.SC 13G/A Feb 11, 2022³⁷

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund filings on SEC EDGAR
2
GLEIFCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund LEI record (549300H513RTF4I5T758)
3
SEC EDGARStephen Lane Nesbitt, President
4
SEC EDGARBernadette Murphy, Chief Compliance Officer
5
SEC EDGARAnn Maurer, Secretary
6
SEC EDGARLance Johnson, Treasurer
7
SEC EDGARPerpetua Seidenberg, Chief Compliance Officer
8
SEC EDGARMatthew Eugene Worley, Board member
9
SEC EDGARStephen Lane Nesbitt, Board member
10
SEC EDGARDominic Jerome Garcia, Board member
11
SEC EDGARPaul Stewart Atkins, Board member
12
SEC EDGARPaul Jay Williams, Board member
13
SEC EDGARFischer J. Anthony, Board member
14
SEC EDGARGary Shugrue, Board member
15
SEC EDGARRobert Seyferth, Board member
16
SEC EDGARTerrance P. Gallagher, Board member
17
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13D/A on Barings Private Credit Corp
18
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G on TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLC
19
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on 26North BDC, Inc.
20
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on Golub Capital Private Credit Fund
21
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on Stone Point Credit Income Fund
22
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
23
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on Barings Capital Investment Corp
24
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on GOLUB CAPITAL DIRECT LENDING CORP
25
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on KKR FS Income Trust
26
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on KKR FS Income Trust Select
27
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on New Mountain Private Credit Fund
28
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on Stone Point Credit Corp
29
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on VISTA CREDIT STRATEGIC LENDING CORP.
30
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on Stellus Private Credit BDC
31
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on Golub Capital BDC 4, Inc.
32
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SCHEDULE 13G/A on New Mountain Guardian III BDC, L.L.C.
33
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SC 13G/A on New Mountain Guardian IV BDC, L.L.C.
34
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SC 13G/A on Redwood Enhanced Income Fund, LP
35
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SC 13G/A on TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC
36
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SC 13G/A on AGTB Private BDC
37
SEC EDGARCliffwater Corporate Lending Fund SC 13G/A on Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.