March 17, 2025 Stories and Data

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Testimonials

Invaluable support to people in our neighborhoods who want to build financial security–also to actually finance rehabbing vacant buildings and building new houses on vacant lots in our low/moderate income area.

-Phil Prehn, Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN), Syracuse, NY

The work we do in underbanked and underserved Rural Appalachia is important to bring our constituents forward.

-James Caudill, Redbud Financial Alternatives, Inc., Hazard, KY

CDFIs are mission-driven financial institutions rooted in community. They exist to expand economic participation, particularly in places that have long been excluded from traditional financing systems. In many ways, BII has operated with a CDFI mindset from the start: investing in local entrepreneurs, supporting community-owned enterprises, and helping to close persistent gaps in access to capital.

-Betty Francisco, Boston Impact Initiative Fund II LLC, Roxbury, MA