May 12, 2020 Stories and Data

May 12, 2020 Stories

BEARS, BOATS, AND BUSINESS DREAMS
Native CDFIs Fuel Small Business Success Across Indian Country
Native CDFIs Fuel Small Business Success Across Indian Country
Native CDFIs Fuel Small Business Success Across Indian Country

May 12, 2020 Fact Sheet

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 solve for capital access gaps that increase economic opportunities for people and communities who have been excluded from that opportunity.

-Micha Josephy, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Inc., Watertown, MA

I am a Board Member of a Native American CDFI that serves Wabanaki Tribes and tribal members in Maine. It’s been quite concerning of the number of threats to our services by the Trump Administration. My hope is that these threats are no longer a hinderance to our daily services particularly the issue of federal funding freeze.

-Ernest Neptune, Four Directions Development Corporation, Orono, ME

Map of May 12, 2020 CDFI Branches and Stories