October 11, 2024 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

CDFIs can provide financial tools tailored to the needs of their communities. As a non-profit CDFI serving low-income rural communities, this is very valuable.

Marty Miller, Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing (ORFH), Yakima, WA

CDFIs are critical lender and investors in low-wealth communities and low-resourced communities in South Carolina. CDFIs are vital lenders for affordable housing, small businesses, and community facilities. We strongly support the protection of the CDFI Fund.

Bernie Mazyck, South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development, North Charleston, SC

Since its inception, the CDFI Fund has been a staunch supporter of CDFIs like MEDA whose mission is focused on rebuilding and stabilizing some of the most impoverished and underserved communities across the country.

Dorothy Bridges, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), Minneapolis, MN

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