MA08 Stories and Data

MA08 Stories

Esperanza Academy
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell
Early Education Center
Transformative Culture Project (TCP)

MA08 Fact Sheet

CDFIs solve for capital access gaps that increase economic opportunities for people and communities who have been excluded from that opportunity.

-Micha Josephy, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Inc., Watertown, MA

I cannot state strongly enough how important CDFIs have been to my community and to the country as a whole. They rely in part — as they should — on federal financial support. Please release funds for use by the many CDFIs in the USA.

-Maggie Cohn, Back of the Hill CDC, Roxbury Crossing, MA

CDFIs support small businesses in ways that traditional financial partners are unable to. From flexible financing that supports growth, stabilize operations, and boosts local employment, to providing advice in all areas of business managements, to being there for the business owners as humans whenever needed. CDFIs are integral to the well-functioning of the financial system and of the economy as a whole.

-Amine Benali, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund – LEAF, Boston, MA 02135, MA

Map of MA08 CDFI Branches and Stories