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OFN Senior Executive to Lead Communications Program at Homewise

OFN’s talented EVP of Strategic Communications, Lina Page, is joining the senior leadership team of OFN member Homewise next month as the…

January 21, 2022

News

Finance Justice Fund Surpasses $86 Million in Funding to OFN Member CDFIs

January 20, 2022

News

OFN Weighs in on CFPB Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule

OFN recently submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) as part of the agency’s process to implement…

January 14, 2022

News

CDFI Leaders Testify at Senate Banking Hearing

On January 5, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development held a hearing entitled,…

January 6, 2022

Events, News

Biden-Harris Administration Announce $8.7 Billion investment in CDFIs and MDIs

December 16, 2021

News

New Fund Open to Small and Mid-Sized CDFIs Financing Housing and Facilities

Partners for the Common Good (PCG) and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) recently collaborated to create the $50 million Economic Justice Partnership Fund…

December 15, 2021

News, Voices

OFN Welcomes 24 New Members in 2021

2021 has been another year of unprecedented support and visibility for CDFIs. Today OFN’s membership has grown to more than 360 members,…

December 14, 2021

News

CDFI Fund Announces FY 2021 Financial Assistance Awards

On December 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 265 organizations $180.3 million in…

December 10, 2021

News

Lawmakers Pass Second Short-Term Funding Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

On December 2, Congress passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to maintain fiscal year (FY) 2021 spending levels through February 18, 2022….

December 7, 2021