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With just over a week until the end of fiscal year (FY) 2019, Congress has yet to finalize any of its spending bills to fund the federal government…

On September 17, OFN partners Inclusiv and The Kresge Foundation announced the formation of a $45 million fund that will invest capital in credit unions serving…

On September 19, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 73 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) $9.16…

Last week, several OFN members testified in Houston, Texas, before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the topic of…

It’s the time of year we’ve all been waiting for — OFN Board Elections! The campaign begins today with the announcement of 11…

On October 22, Rep. Barbara Lee, longtime champion of the CDFI Fund and Chair of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income…

The CDFI Fund has released the Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) for the 2019 Calendar Year (CY) round of the New Markets…

OFN and Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation have released the 2018 Uplift America Fund Progress Report, which documents successes and lessons learned in the…

On August 27, Philadelphia-based OFN member Reinvestment Fund announced $1.8 million in financial and technical assistance awards to 23 projects through the Healthy Food Financing…