September 30, 2025 Stories and Data

September 30, 2025 Stories

CDFI Credit Unions Lower Interest Rates on Car Loans
BEARS, BOATS, AND BUSINESS DREAMS
Native CDFIs Fuel Small Business Success Across Indian Country
Native CDFIs Fuel Small Business Success Across Indian Country

September 30, 2025 Fact Sheet

CDFIs fill a critical void in funding the development of affordable housing. They provide below market interest rates, have flexible terms, and can respond to critical funding needs with more flexibility than a traditional bank/credit union.

-Linda Braunschweiger, Housing Trust Fund Ventura County, Ventura County, CA

CDFIs provide opportunity for those who would otherwise not have access.

-Gary M. Agnew, Cooperative Federal, Syracuse, NY

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

Map of September 30, 2025 CDFI Branches and Stories