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Innovative Funding for a Trailblazing Baltimore Business

Baltimore,
Maryland

Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund

Helping a Small Business Owner Purchase Their Longtime Office

Catonsville CO-OP brings together food, community, and local businesses

Catonsville,
Maryland

Baltimore Community Lending

In the summer of 2011, a few Catonsville residents met at the local library. They shared a passion for supporting local businesses and wanted to bring those products into their community. Eleven years later, that idea has blossomed into the Catonsville Cooperative (CO-OP) Market and Grocery, a market and community hub owned and operated by owner members of the community.

Built to Scale: Designing a Business with Scale in Mind

Wheaton,
Maryland

Latino Economic Development Center

Empowered Women International is a program under the Latino Economic Development Center that unlocks the potential of women through the power of entrepreneurship.

Investing in Community Health and Opportunity in East Baltimore

Baltimore,
Maryland

Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund

In East Baltimore’s Broadway East neighborhood, the Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center is taking shape as a beacon of renewal and investment.

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Map of MD08 CDFI Branches and Stories

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.

MD08 Investment Map

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.

MD08 Fact Sheet

Testimonials

CDFIs are a critical link for many low-income communities and individuals for financing that is not available from conventional sources.

Craig W stanley, www.cbofinancial.com, Clarksville, MD

The work of CDFIs is critical to supporting credit in underserved communities.

Mark Kaufman, Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund, Baltimore, MD

I run a consulting firm that supports CDFIs in their critical work to ensure access to credit and enhanced economic opportunity and job creation. The unique public-private partnership model of CDFIs warrants bipartisan support.

Sharon Feuer Gruber, SFG Strategies, Silver Spring, MD