OFN Home
  • Our Work
    • What is a CDFI?
    • Key Priorities
      • Affordable Housing
      • Financial First Response
      • Climate Change & Resilience
      • Healthy Communities
      • Native Finance
      • Persistent Poverty
      • Economic Opportunity
      • Rural Development
      • Small Business
    • Impact Stories
    • Impact Data
  • Investing & Giving
    • Why Partner with CDFIs
    • Invest in CDFIs
    • Invest Through OFN
    • Investor Resources
  • Members
    • Join OFN
    • OFN Membership Eligibility
    • CDFI Connect Community
    • Take Action
  • Public Policy
    • Partnering with the Public Sector
    • U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund
    • Public Policy Priorities
    • Public Policy Communications
    • Take Action
  • Initiatives
    • Current Initiatives
    • Past Initiatives
  • About
    • About OFN
    • Mission & Vision
    • Our Team
    • OFN Board
    • OFN Training & Events
    • OFN Newsroom
    • Work With OFN
    • OFN Financials
    • Contact Us
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • CDFI Locator
    • CDFI Industry Job Bank
    • CDFI Resource Library

Quick Links

  • CDFI Locator
  • Blog
  • OFN Training & Events
  • Join
  • CDFI Connect Community

Blog

Category: News

News

OFN Appoints CDFI Finance Veteran Beth Lipson as Chief Financial Officer

OFN has announced that Beth Lipson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lipson will report to OFN President and CEO Lisa…

November 20, 2019
News

OFN Closes $100 Million CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Issuance

OFN is pleased to announce that we closed a $100 million CDFI Bond Guarantee Program (BGP) issuance on November 4, 2019. We…

November 19, 2019
News

HOPE Releases HBCU-CDFI Economic Mobility Strategy Guide

OFN member Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union (HOPE) recently released findings of a first-of-its-kind collaboration between historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and…

November 19, 2019
News

OFN Bank Partner Wins 2019 Community Impact Award

Woodforest National Bank® (Woodforest) recently received a 2019 Community Impact Award for its Woodforest Foundry℠ program from Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business at its annual CRA & Fair Lending…

November 14, 2019
News

OFN Members Publish Paper Focused on Tackling Persistent Poverty

Partners for Rural Transformation, a national coalition to advance economic mobility in persistent poverty areas, led by OFN members Communities Unlimited, Fahe, HOPE, First Nations Oweesta…

November 11, 2019
Events, News

Lending Where it Counts: An OFN Conference for the Record Books

By the numbers, the 2019 OFN Conference will go down in CDFI history: 1 President William Jefferson Clinton; more than 1,500 attendees (the most yet!); 119 sessions across 11 tracks; special…

November 4, 2019
News

Kansas City Magazine Names OFN Member President One of Region’s 50 Most Powerful People

Congratulations to Ruben Alonso III, president of OFN member AltCap based in Kansas City! Recently Kansas City publication 435 Magazine named Alonso to its list of…

October 31, 2019
News

JPMorgan Chase Now Accepting Applications for Advancing Cities Challenge

JPMorgan Chase recently awarded $33 million to support neighborhood development projects and promote inclusive growth across seven communities in the U.S., as…

October 31, 2019
News

OFN Provides Testimony on Opportunity Zones at House Committee on Small Business Hearing

On October 17, OFN’s Chief External Affairs Officer Jennifer A. Vasiloff testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Small Business…

October 30, 2019
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • …
  • 58
  • Next

Opportunity Finance logo - whiteHome

  • About OFN
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
  • OFN Training & Events
  • Subscribe for Updates
  • News Room
  • CDFI Locator
  • Invest in CDFIs
  • CDFI Connect Community
  • CDFI Industry Job Bank
  • Work With OFN
  • Commitment to Fairness

Copyright © 2025 Opportunity Finance Network. All rights reserved.

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • OFN’s Facebook Page
  • OFN’s Twitter Page
  • OFN’s LinkedIn Page
  • OFN’s Instagram Page
  • OFN’s Youtube Page