Videos Stories and Data

K-V-A-T Food Stores, Inc.
Two Rivers Lumber Company
Cristo Rey Fort Worth STEAM Center
La Placita: An Economic, Health Care and Community Resilience Hub (1751 Alum Rock, LLC)

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.

Kentucky Highlands provides access to capital to small businesses located in its economically distressed and persistent poverty rural Appalachian service area.

Brenda McDaniel, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation, London, KY

The work we do in underbanked and underserved Rural Appalachia is important to bring our constituents forward.

James Caudill, Redbud Financial Alternatives, Inc., Hazard, KY

CDFIs make a difference in people’s lives and in our communities. They encourage development and entrepreneurship that amplifies beyond the appropriations requested. Investing in the CDFI fund is an important investment that brings real, tangible results.

Alvaro Macias, GROWTH, Bettendorf, IA

Bridge and other CDFIs support business creation and expansion as well as the construction and redevelopment of housing in low to moderate income neighborhoods. These are activities not offered or delivered by other financial institutions to extent provided by CDFI’s.

Dirk J Meminger, Bridge Investment Community Development Corp, Rock Island, IL