CDFI Coalition Blog

CDFI Coalition Board members John Holdsclaw IV of Rochdale Capital and Steve Saltzman of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund are featured in the first episode of Pathways to Financial Inclusion, a video series exploring how financial institutions can expand access to capital and strengthen communities. The episode examines how Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) […]

The Coalition submits comments on CRA

On October 6, the CDFI Coalition hosted a webinar featuring Sarah Ortner of the Community Infrastructure Center (CIC) and Jonathan Morgenstein of the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) to discuss resources that can help connect community-led infrastructure and distributed energy projects with capital. The webinar explored how the CIC and Community Power Accelerator (CPA) […]

The CDFI Coalition has reviewed the FY2025 CDFI Program Financial Assistance Agreement and compared it with the FY2024 agreement to identify key changes affecting CDFIs. The FY2025 Financial Assistance Agreement incorporates a number of updates, including changes intended to align the agreement with the amended Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) released in September 2025 and […]

The CDFI Coalition has been notified by the CDFI Fund that FY 2025 award notifications are beginning to be released. Coalition members have confirmed that award announcements were shared directly with individual grantees today. In response to questions from CDFIs and other stakeholders, the Coalition has also confirmed with the CDFI Fund that Housing Finance […]