September 24, 2026 Stories and Data

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Mesa Grande Tribal Housing

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

Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. One estimate is that Small businesses

Rhonda Harrison, Assets Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

CDFIs help people with the big repairs, supporting jobs, and financing vehicles to get to work and shopping. These are all good for the economy as well for those individual families.

Heather Engelman, Cooperative Federal, Syracuse, NY

We cannot abandon Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), who do measurable, positive work in our communities.

Jill Hurst-Wahl, Hurst Associates, Ltd., Syracuse, NY

Since 2011 the RGVMB CDFI has assisted over 140,000 borrowers across the Nation with access to needed capital. This work can only be done with help from the CDFI Fund.

Nick Mitchell, Rio Grande Valley Multibank CDFI, Brownsville, TX