News $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit Allocations Announced On July 15, the CDFI Fund announced $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations through the 2019 allocation round to 76 community… July 15, 2020
News $10 Million Netflix Investment in HOPE Credit Union Sets Example for Private Sector Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union (HOPE), a community development financial institution (CDFI) based in Jackson, Mississippi, will use a $10 million investment from Netflix to import capital… July 9, 2020
News, Voices Wells Fargo Launches $400 Million Small Business Recovery Effort In April 2020, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf made an industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program back… July 9, 2020
News OFN Awarded Grant from Newly Established Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF), a donor collaborative vehicle with a mission of scaling the practice of impact investing, announced its… July 8, 2020
News House Subcommittee Approves $273.5 Million for CDFI Fund in FY 2021 On July 8, the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee approved its FY 2021 appropriations bill which includes $273.5 million for the… July 8, 2020
News Netflix to Invest 2% of Cash Holdings in CDFIs and Other Organizations Serving Black Communities Netflix Director of Talent Acquisition Aaron Mitchell and Director of Treasury Shannon Alwyn announced in a June 30 blog post that the company will… June 30, 2020
News CDFIs Outperform Other Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Lenders Updated July 8, 2020 August 8 is the new deadline for lenders to submit Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications on behalf of… June 29, 2020
News JPMorgan Chase Institute Releases Report on Early Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business The JPMorgan Chase Institute has released research on the early impact of COVID-19 on small business finances—including cash balances, revenues, and expenses—during the… June 24, 2020
News Recap: 2020 Virtual Small Business Finance Forum Updated July 7, 2020 On June 16 and 17, OFN held its ninth annual—but first-ever virtual—Small Business Finance Forum for more than… June 22, 2020