CEI Stories and Data

CEI Stories

TruFund Helps Advance Sustainable, Affordable Senior Housing in Brooklyn with Nearly $2M Investment
TruImpact Story: How Colmex Construction Built a Legacy of Opportunity
TruImpact Story: Allstar Community Care
Leroy’s LipSmack’n Lemonade: Business Success Story Fueled by Family, Community, and Autism Advocacy

CEI Fact Sheet

We are a CDFI focused on small business lending. We are giving people who deserve a shot at the American dream – but can’t get it because big banks don’t do small business loans or character loans anymore. Small businesses are important sources of jobs, income and innovation.

-Mark Masterson, Neighborhood Community Development Fund, Pittsburgh, PA

CDFIs were a critical component to our funding stacking. Allowing us to triple our occupancy and better meet our vision of a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

-Rita Cyr, RMHC Dayton, Dayton, OH

We have been able to utilize NMTC and without this financing many of the projects we have done in Minneapolis would not have been possible. It’s been a wonderful facility to support small businesses, economic development, and critical services to low-income communities. Please continue these programs, they do make a difference.

-Joshua Howe, Optimistic Partners, Saint Paul, MN

Map of CEI CDFI Branches and Stories