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Christopher’s Credit Journey

Pacific Northwest-Seattle area,
Washington

Northwest Access Fund

Accessing Consumer Credit With a Disability

Always a good day on the sea

Tulalip,
Washington

Pacific Northwest Tribal Lending

Pacific Northwest Tribal Lending Helps Fisherman Live His Big Dream

The Shoalwater Tribe Wellness Center

Tokeland,
Washington

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The Shoalwater Tribe Wellness Center in Tokeland, Washington It should be noted that one, Wellness Center, located in Tokeland, WA. The new 14,500 sq. ft. facility offers medical, Johnson in 1866, the Shoalwater Reservation is located in Tokeland, WA, about twenty miles east, Hospital, a forty-minute drive from Tokeland. The facility now offers medical, dental, drug and alcohol treatments.

Coastal Community Action Program

Aberdeen,
Washington

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Wind turbines for nonprofit (1): Coastal Community Action Program (CCAP) is a nonprofit social services agency based in Aberdeen, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula. CCAP provides housing services, energy assistance, job training, and emergency social services to low-income families in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties. With 165 employees and an $8 million annual budget, CCAP historically relied on federal and state funding and charitable donations to support its programs and operations. In an effort to become more self-sufficient and less dependent on outside funding, CCAP’s Chief Executive Officer, Craig Dublanko, developed a plan for CCAP to own and operate a wind farm that would generate income for the organization by selling power to Grays Harbor Public Utility. In 2010, with the help of a state grant and $8 million in NMTC financing provided by Craft3, a community development entity based in Astoria, Oregon, CCAP installed four 1.5 megawatt wind turbines off the Pacific Ocean in Grayland, Washington.

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Map of Washington 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.

Washington 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.

Washington Fact Sheet

CDFIs provided necessary funding and support to communities, including small businesses. Economic opportunity is the path to a unified society.

Kellen Robert Ball, Business Impact Northwest, Seattle, WA

I represent Northwest Access Fund, a CDFI serving Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. NWAF offers people with disabilities customized loans, financial coaching, and other resources to promote access to assistive technology, independence, financial resilience, and life opportunities. We are helping people with disabilities and seniors who lack the ability to secure financing to afford crucial assistive technologies and modifications – hearing aids, dentures, wheelchairs, adaptive vehicles, and home modifications. We could not to this vital work without the investment from the CDFI Fund.

Emerson Sekins, Northwest Access Fund, Seattle, WA

To build communities by providing financial support to under-served entrepreneurs who have been denied financial assistance by other financial institutions.

Lorri Wallace, Business Impact NW, Seattle, WA

CDFIs make banking accessible for entrepreneurs and small businesses that often lack the institutional knowledge and networks to feel confident in the lending space. CDFIs are a critical tool that helps diversify our economy.

Cole Harvey, Grow America, Seattle, WA