Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are invaluable resources to local economies across the U.S. These mission-driven organizations, certified by the U.S. Treasury, provide alternative ...

Boyle Heights, a neighborhood in East Los Angeles, is one of the city's cradles of Mexican American history and culture. At its heart sits Mariachi Plaza, a longtime gathering place for mariachi ...

The Praxis Fiber Workshop in Cleveland's Waterloo Arts District is one of several properties or projects that have been ...

Rashidah Billups’ has a unique relationship with Open Access. “With a background in finance and technology, I kind of grew up in the fintech industry as it was emerging,” she told NJBIZ, “and I’ve ...

The Treasury Department Friday issued a long-awaited revision to its community development financial institution certification process, a move that CDFI advocates say provides much-needed updates to ...

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) provide responsible and affordable credit to underserved communities. Congress provided support for community-based lenders during the COVID-19 ...

Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) is the nation's leading network and intermediary focused on community development investment, managing more than $1 billion in total assets and a membership of more ...

Op-ed: There's a clear business case for community foundations to redirect some of their invested assets from Wall Street to ...

In a shifting and uncertain world, community-based organizations are hard put to secure funding for their initiatives. Urban centers like New York City see that challenge expressed in growing ...

Community development financial institutions around the country have been roiled by the Trump administration’s March 14 executive order targeting the CDFI Fund for elimination “to the maximum extent ...

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In Part 2 of this three-part series focused on why and how the community development finance field needs to reframe the role ...