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Since our last new OFN member update this past July, we’ve had 27 CDFIs join our membership. These most recent additions bring the total new…

This year’s Native CDFI Awards honored two Native CDFIs for their unique approaches to helping Native-owned small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cook Inlet Lending…

OFN is proud to announce the latest recipients of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org grants. Launched earlier this year…

From November 9–12, the 2020 OFN Virtual Conference: Finance Justice brought together 2,500 CDFI practitioners, investors and funders, students, and other supporters to talk…

OFN announced the launch of the new Finance Justice Fund on November 12 during the final day of the 2020 OFN Conference. The Finance Justice Fund is a socially…

On November 9 during the 2020 OFN Conference, the Native CDFI Awards honored two Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) — Cook Inlet…

OFN and Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation have released the 2019 Progress Report for the Uplift America Fund, a partnership that leverages federal…

OFN is pleased to announce 70 awardees of the COVID-19 CDFI Grant Program, totaling $4.9 million in funding. Generously supported by Morgan Stanley, this program aims to deliver critically-needed flexible…

OFN’s President and CEO Lisa Mensah continues to amplify the CDFI voice boldly and broadly as CDFIs work deeply in rural, urban…