May 2023 Stories and Data

Meet Allison Bell, Owner of Little Things Preschool and Daycare
Rebuilding Together
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation Lending in PA District 1
CDVCA Invests in Goodwrx

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 and Credit Unions help people of modest means when other FI’s do not. We are the last bastion of hope in banking for the little guy.

Michelle Rosner, Alltru Credit Union, Wentzville, MO

CDFIs are a lifeline for many small business owners who cannot get traditional financing from large banks.

Ericka Powell Sinclair, Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLC, New York, NY

CDFIs are vital to the stability of this community!

Tracy L Verner, Alltru Federal Credit Union, St Louis, MO

CDFIs make our urban and rural economies healthy working alongside financial institutions and providing that responsible capital!

Wendy K. Baumann, WWBIC, Mequon, WI