Native American Development Fund Stories and Data

Cheyenne River Buffalo Company
Aberdeen Development Corporation
Madison Area Development Corporation
Tripp Development Corporation

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.

Native CDFIs are important to fixing the housing crisis in Indian Country. They are a way for Tribes to attract capital that leave Tribal members in control.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)

CDFIs are needed throughout the country to help people make their dreams come true by becoming a homeowner.

Colleen Steele, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial Inc., Pine, SD

We are a nonprofit Chamber of Commerce that does microlending for small businesses. We work with a CDFI bank and are trying to get CDFI certification.

Immanuel Bassey, South Dakota Black Chamber of Commerce, Sioux Falls, SD

Funding through the CDFI fund is essential to our home ownership, home ownership preservation and multifamily housing development programs. CDFI funding provides flexible, low-cost funds that fill the financing gaps in projects that provide affordable, safe, and healthy housing to our clients.

Brent Ekstrom, CommunityWorks North Dakota, Mandan, ND