October 6, 2017 Stories and Data

Built to Scale: Designing a Business with Scale in Mind
St. John Manor
Catonsville CO-OP brings together food, community, and local businesses
A Grand Opening Like No Other

Testimonials

CDFI funding to nonprofits for construction returns more money into the community through economic activity. It’s very important we keep providing this capital in Indiana.

-Donna Sink, IFF, Indianapolis, IN

CDFIs are crucial to affordable housing.

-Braden Wiener, Opportunity Resource Fund, Grand Rapids, MI

CDFIs provide affordable capital to borrowers that may not be able to access credit from mainstream financial institutions. Unlike other non-bank options, CDFI loans are affordable and transparent. And CDFIs take a holistic approach, prioritizing the wellbeing of individual clients and the borrowers that live within them.

-Adam Safer, Carolina Small Business Development Fund, Raleigh, NC