February 28, 2017 Stories and Data

CDVCA Invests in Goodwrx
ECLF Uses Capital Magnet Award to Support Rural Housing
Rebuilding Care and Opportunity in Appalachian Kentucky
Eden Housing & Housing Trust

CDFIs provide the flexible and essential financing for community development, affordable housing, small business and nonprofits that other lenders dont serve. They connect communities with capital.

-Carla Weil, Capital for Change, Wallingford, CT

Kentucky Highlands provides access to capital to small businesses located in its economically distressed and persistent poverty rural Appalachian service area.

-Brenda McDaniel, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation, London, KY

I’ve been a member of a CDFI for 25 yrs and would never go back to a traditional bank, due to the good works that I’ve seen done by CDFI’s. I was also a board member for a few years at one, so I know the inner workings and understand the community missions they take on. My children and I have had a stable home for the past 18 years, partly due to the credit building assistance we received from a CDFI.

-Stacy Crandell, Member owner, Syracuse, NY