MA09 Stories and Data

MA09 Stories

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

MA09 Fact Sheet

The CDFI funds are critical to supporting entrepreneurs start up new small businesses which are the backbone of our economy. Without this funding, new jobs cannot be created and local tax bases will not grow. Please support small businesses!

-Sue Murray, SEED Corporation, Taunton, MA

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

CDFIs are mission-driven financial institutions rooted in community. They exist to expand economic participation, particularly in places that have long been excluded from traditional financing systems. In many ways, BII has operated with a CDFI mindset from the start: investing in local entrepreneurs, supporting community-owned enterprises, and helping to close persistent gaps in access to capital.

-Betty Francisco, Boston Impact Initiative Fund II LLC, Roxbury, MA

Map of MA09 CDFI Branches and Stories