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Julian Wyatt (right), Director of Urban Strategies, Inc. together with partners from the Trust Foundation.

St. Louis CDFI Expands Small Business Lending to Advance Racial and Economic Equity

Foggy California Northern Valley landscape at sunset. VOICES Beyond Land Acknowledgement: How CDFIs Can Support Land Justice Catherine Howard, President of Community Vision; Rebecca Tortes, Director of the California Tribal Fund; Camille Clinton, Senior Content Developer at Community Vision Community Vision’s Reparative Land Fee Program partners with Indigenous communities to redistribute power and address the wounds of colonialism and systemic racism. Read time: 8 minutes In 2021, the California-based CDFI Community Vision launched a Reparative Land Fee Program directs financial resources to Indigenous communities and offers a step towards healing the historical and ongoing theft of life, land, and culture.

Beyond Land Acknowledgement: How CDFIs Can Support Land Justice

Jonathan Porter, a client of Northwest Access Fund, which is a CDFI that assisted CCLF in integrating "Accessibility" into its DEI strategy, on a plenary at the 2023 OFN conference.

DEI+A: Chicago CDFI Adds Accessibility to its DEI Strategy

Canners sort bottles and cans for NFF client Sure We Can

From Energy to Equity, NFF Recommits to Climate Justice

Willie and Stacy Simms of the Gillespie Grill in Greensboro

OFN’s Statement on the Troubling Trends in the Legal Environment

People Trust founder Arlo Washington is featured in the oscar nominee documentary "The Barber of Little Rock"

CDFIs Rally Behind Oscar Nominee “The Barber of Little Rock”

NBA brothers Terry and Tobias Harris affordable Housing project in Los Angeles

NBA Brothers Aim to Change the Game for Minority Entrepreneurs

February 2, 2024

Help Send CDFIs to SXSW – Vote in PanelPicker!

Help Send CDFIs to SXSW – Vote in PanelPicker!

Equitable Small Business Financing Takes Center Stage in Chicago

Equitable Small Business Financing Takes Center Stage in Chicago