May 2023 Stories and Data

K-V-A-T Food Stores, Inc.
Two Rivers Lumber Company
Cristo Rey Fort Worth STEAM Center
La Placita: An Economic, Health Care and Community Resilience Hub (1751 Alum Rock, LLC)

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.

CDFIs provide banking services to people who would not otherwise have access to these basic services.

Julie Kopadt, Alltru Federal Credit Union, Wentzville, MO

These funds were used to construct our high school building, which has served thousands of students and families in our community.

Todd Peterson, Hiawatha Academies, Minneapolis, MN

CDFIs help community-focused organizations access capital for traditionally underserved communities.

Matthew Cook, Matthew Cook Consulting, Columbus, OH

As an emerging CDFI serving the state of MN with small dollar consumer lending, this funding is essential to us to help combat predatory lending that strips wealth from low-income communities and allows us to provide stabilizing capital to communities to stay housed, employed, and (re)build credit to reach their asset building goals (e.g. car and home ownership) for the future.

Anne Leland, Exodus Financial Services (dba Exodus Lending), Saint Paul, MN