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OFN is excited to announce the first two Finance Justice Fund recipients. Congratulations to Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP) and IFF, two CDFIs going deep to combat…

Minority-led CDFIs — like minority-owned businesses — often face an uneven playing field when it comes to accessing capital to grow their…

After serving for two years as under secretary of agriculture for rural development in the Obama administration, Lisa Mensah joined OFN as…

As the COVID-19 crisis continues, CDFIs are best positioned to help small minority and women-owned businesses survive and recover from the pandemic’s economic…

In early December, The Aspen Institute and the Microfinance Impact Collaborative announced the creation of the Entrepreneur Backed Assets (EBA) Fund, which will…

The Finance Justice Fund is now open for applications from OFN member CDFIs! Announced on November 12 during the 2020 OFN Virtual Conference, the Finance Justice Fund…

In OFN’s most recent round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org-funded grants, four CDFIs have received a total of $8.5 million…

During a November 12 panel “Investing in Climate Solutions for the Environment and the Economy” at the virtual 2020 OFN Conference, I had…

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…