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A lack of access to capital, capacity-building resources, and technical assistance significantly constrains the ability of CDFIs led by people of color to achieve greater impact.

[…] will in April issue new requirements for the certification of community development financial institutions ( CDFIs) and the data they must report to the government. It will be the first […]

When receiving bank funding, CDFIs often limit their investments in accordance with bank restrictions. How can reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act help center the needs of underserved communities?

[…] an independent federal agency designed to support and expand the network of more than 300 CDFIs in the United States. To a remarkable degree, the fund was shaped by the […]

[…] CEOs. Our organization is a coalition of Black-led community development financial institutions, otherwise known as CDFIs, all with a common theme. All of our institutions, as well as our organization, […]

[…] businesses create are often minimum wage, part time, or otherwise low quality. What makes a job a good job, and what are CDFIs doing to help small-business borrowers create good jobs?

It has been a big year for community development financial institutions ( CDFIs), the innovative, mission-driven organizations that provide much-needed financial services in underserved, low- and moderate-income communities across the […]

[…] achievements of the last half-century. But as I have argued in my book, Democratizing Finance, CDFIs have only moved us halfway toward financial democracy. They have indeed broadened access to […]

[…] the end of 2011, according to US SIF, the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. CDFIs should be an easy sell to impact investors: since the 1970s we have worked […]

[…] having wealthy rural areas. But there are too many places left outside of the promise. CDFIs have in their very DNA the job of “leave no one behind.” Finish the […]

[…] Philadelphia to attend the annual conference of the Opportunity Finance Network, the trade association for CDFIs, or community development financial institutions. I go to a lot of conferences in the […]

The dual financial system affects not only Black and Brown consumers, but Black- and Brown-led firms. In the past two years, CDFIs have focused on shifting access to capital for developers.