November 23, 2021 Stories and Data

People Inc. provides disaster relief services to SW Virginia after Hurricane Helene
“Bouncing Forward” from Disasters on Hawaiʻi’s Big Island
PathStone: Supporting Puerto Rico’s Recovery
GO Zone Story: Houston Food Bank

Thank you to our partners at Inclusive and CDBA for sharing data on CDFI Bank and CDFI Credit Union branch locations. In addition, about 100 of our CDFI Stories come from OFN’s story database.

CDFI Investment Map

Mapped CDFI investment data (2005-2023), via the CDFI Coalition's partnership with CDFI Friendly America.

CDFI Advocacy App

Want more state data? Check out CDFI Friendly America's mobile-friendly CDFI Advocacy App for impacts from 2005-2023.

Testimonials

We are a Native CDFI serving the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western NC. Our work here is critical to supporting new business creation, small business growth, job creation and retention, and housing security for tribal members who have historically endured economic hardship and lack of adequate banking and capital resources. Not to be lumped in with the myriad ways government-funded projects and organizations waste tax dollars, our industry has proven itself a superior investment for the U.S. taxpayers and is one our elected officials should be proud to support.

Russ Seagle, The Sequoyah Fund, Inc., Cherokee, NC

We support CDFI lending.

Kimberly Stocks, Alltru Credit Union, Wentzville, MO

CDFIs help make our world a better place.

Jeffry R. Brown, , Edina, MN

“Northern Nevada Community Housing (NNCH) develops, owns, and manages high-quality affordable housing coupled with supportive services for those most in need in our community,” said Jocelyn Kendall, assistant executive director, NNCH, to the Opportunity Finance Network. Below-market interest rate financing, such as the financing provided by NewWest [CDFI], allows NNCH to create and preserve this housing and provide support resources to our residents.”

Jocelyn Kendall, Northern Nevada Community Housing, NV