Serving the Underserved: Building Alternative Financial Services in Low-Income Communities When: April 15, 2015 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Where: Westerfield Conference Center | 1800 S. Acadian Thruway Baton Rouge, LA Cost: $45 per person The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, sponsored by …
CDFI Fund Announces $17 Million for Lending and Investments in Low-Income and Distressed Communities
Media Contact: Bill Luecht | 202.653.0322 | luechtw@cdfi.treas.gov CDFI Fund Announces $17 Million for Lending and Investments in Low-Income and Distressed Communities November 15, 2013 Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (cdfi Fund) announced awards totaling approximately $17 million to 85 FDIC-insured depository institutions for …
THE GO-TO RATING SERVICE FOR NONPROFIT DO-GOOD LOAN FUNDS
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Investing For Local Resilience
INVESTING FOR LOCAL RESILIENCE Craft3 aims to build regional resilience in the Pacific Northwest by focusing investments in rural and urban centers, and in Indian country By Ellie Winninghoff How does a $245,000 loan to restore 65 acres of pastureland to its original salt marsh condition help build a regional …
Babcock Foundation Report on CDFI Growth and Sustainability
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem, NC, recently commissioned and published Community Development Financial Institutions: A Study on Growth and Sustainability, featuring input from the leaders of more than a dozen local, regional and national CDFIs working in the Southeast. The report considers the Aspen Institute’s formative study on sustainability …