December 13, 2019 Stories and Data

December 13, 2019 Stories

Meet Allison Bell, Owner of Little Things Preschool and Daycare
CEF providing support for a challenging business model: childcare
Rebuilding Together
A family's journey through the Marshall Fire
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation Lending in PA District 1
PATF has supported 206 borrowers in Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, including 83 in Bucks County and 123 in Montgomery County.
CDVCA Invests in Goodwrx
Empowering Hospitality Workers with Stability, Flexibility

December 13, 2019 Fact Sheet

Testimonials

The financial education offered by Native CDFIs has been making huge impacts within the community. I have been involved in the CDFI network for 8 years and am seeing the positive results. This is especially critical for the younger generations.

-Lisa Rivera, Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund, Lakewood, WA

I am a real estate broker and development consultant working with emerging developers, small businesses and nonprofits. Many of my clients cannot finance their projects with traditional debt and equity because they don’t come from generational wealth and because their projects are more challenging because they are in markets that are not achieving their full potential yet or meeting critical community needs that don’t produce quite as much profit. CDFI lending has stepped in the gap to solve dozens of critical projects that just need a little boost to get to the finish line, and CDFIs are critical partners to Platform’s work.

-Renee Spillum, Platform Commercial Real Estate, SBC, Saint Paul, MN

CDFIs stand in the gap for communities that have long been overlooked, offering the tools, capital, and support that empower people to lift themselves up by their bootstraps. From revitalizing main streets to helping families buy their first homes, CDFIs turn potential into progress. With timely and full support from the Treasury Department, these institutions can continue delivering measurable impact, fueling self-reliance, entrepreneurship, and generational change in America’s most underinvested communities

-Kevin FItzgerald, Opportunity Resource Fund, East Lansing, MI

Map of December 13, 2019 CDFI Branches and Stories