NY13 Stories and Data

Diki Daycare Center
Leviticus Fund Housing Project
Helping Seniors Age at Home With Dignity in Rural New York
CDFI Program Financial Assistance Success Stories: Spring Bank

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 are a lifeline for many small business owners who cannot get traditional financing from large banks.

Ericka Powell Sinclair, Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLC, New York, NY

Invaluable support to people in our neighborhoods who want to build financial security–also to actually finance rehabbing vacant buildings and building new houses on vacant lots in our low/moderate income area.

Phil Prehn, Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN), Syracuse, NY

The CDFI industry has grown thanks to broad bipartisan support over the last 25 years. We’re counting on Congress to keep this essential economic development engine moving forward.

Meagan Weatherby, Cooperative Federal, Syracuse, NY

We cannot abandon Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), who do measurable, positive work in our communities.

Jill Hurst-Wahl, Hurst Associates, Ltd., Syracuse, NY