Derek Schmidt (R-KS02)

  • Appropriations Staffer: Noah Enders
  • noah.enders@mail.house.gov
  • DC Phone: 202-225-6601
  • Last updated: 02/25/2026

Impact in the District

Between 2005 and 2023, there was $83.1 million in total lending from CDFI Fund award recipients, including $26.9 million in lending to commercial real estate and community facilities, with the balance going to other activities. For more impact data, check out the CDFI Advocacy App over at CDFI Friendly America.

Stories from the District
A Forever Home
  • Kansas City,
  • Kansas
  • CHWC
Rita knows what it means to work towards a dream.…
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A Wealth of Creativeness
  • Kansas City,
  • Kansas
  • CHWC
CHWC activated 6th Street in Strawberry Hill for an Art Walk that boosts arts, small business, and connection.
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City View at St. Margaret’s (OFN Story)
  • Kansas City,
  • Kansas
  • Midwest Housing Development Fund
A CDFI Loan Helps Alleviate Affordable Housing Crisis in Kansas City
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KC Predevelopment Fund
  • Kansas City,
  • Kansas, Missouri
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation
LISC Greater Kansas City, one of the nation’s largest Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Hall Family Foundation, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has established a $4 million Catalytic Urban Predevelopment Fund to provide low-interest, flexible predevelopment loans for projects in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) and Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). The fund will act as a catalyst to spur development in low to moderate income neighborhoods by providing the critical capital necessary in the early phases of real estate development projects.
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Magnolia Beauty Academy
  • Kansas City,
  • Kansas
  • AltCap
KCK Beauty School Owner is Turning Students’ Hobbies into Small Businesses, 6-Figure Careers
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Making a Spot for Everyone
  • Kansas City,
  • Kansas
  • CHWC
CHWC used garden spaces to build connection and belonging among local youth and LGBTQ+ community.
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CDFIs with Branches in the District
Build WyCo
  • , Kansas City
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
  • State Ave Kansas City Branch
  • , Kansas City

Map of CDFI Branches and Stories in

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