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Invest Local, Shop Small. A 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Invest Local, Shop Small: A 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

November 21, 2025

Amber Kuchar-Bell at one of OFN's listening sessions, 2025.

Hearing from Field: How CDFIs Are Scaling Community Finance with the MassMutual Foundation

October 16, 2025

CommunityWorks Team at the Upstate Affordable Housing Summit.

Investing in People and Places: CommunityWorks

October 2, 2025

ProsperUs Team, ProsperUs Family Block Party 2024

Meeting Entrepreneurs Where They Are: ProsperUs Detroit’s Community-First Microlending

August 27, 2025

Helping Small Businesses Save with Energy Efficiency

August 26, 2025

A colorful science classroom

Opportunity Next: Transforming the Future of the CDFI Industry

Ribbon Cutting, From Left to Right: Executive Director Scott McReynolds, Director of Lending Timothy Baker, Managing Director James Caudill, Mayor of Hazard Happy Mobelini, Credit Counselor Alice White

Southeastern Kentucky CDFI Helps Community Members Take Control of Their Finances

The PACE Business team at the 2024 MBE Connect Summit. The summit connected Minority Business Enterprises with $400 billion in contract opportunities. PACE co-hosted the event and shared their business counseling, procurement, and lending services with attendees.

Los Angeles CDFI Supports Economic Mobility for Local Small Business Owners

OFN Member CDFI Empowers Women Entrepreneurs Through Trust-Based Lending