CDFI Stories Stories and Data

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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.

CDFIs assist businesses and individuals that often cannot access bank capital. Especially in rural SD access to capital is difficult and the # of small banks have been reduced.

Lori Finnesand, GROW SD, Sisseton, SD

CDFIs work results in invaluable benefits to communities, including jobs, housing, tax revenue, and vitality.

Amy Szabo, Friedman Associates LLC, Iowa City, IA

CDFIs provide extraordinary support to many people who otherwise would not be able to access ordinary banking and credit opportunities. They are frequently located in banking deserts”

Sam Eschenbrenner, Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union, Syracuse, NY

CDFIs are extremely effective at providing access to capital and services to communities in rural and metropolitan areas, raising and leveraging private funding, to create effective solutions to meet the most challenging needs.

Anne Dyjak, Dyjak Advisors LLC, Warren, NJ