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Tag: Racial Equity

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Expanding Black Business Credit Initiative Closes $29 Million for the Black Vision Fund

The Expanding Black Business Credit network (EBBC) announced on March 17 the final close of its Black Vision Fund. The fund will lend…

March 24, 2022
Freedman's Bank Forum 2021
Events, News

Biden-Harris Administration Announce $8.7 Billion investment in CDFIs and MDIs

December 16, 2021
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OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah Joins Treasury, Black Leaders for Racial Equity Roundtable

On June 30, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo hosted a group of…

July 1, 2021
Voices

Celebrating Juneteenth: An Impact Alpha Op-ed

Originally published by ImpactAlpha on June 17, 2021. Celebrating Juneteenth Through Community-based Lending for Vibrant Neighborhoods The promise of freedom was kept…

June 17, 2021
Events

Register for OFN’s Building Equitable Resilience Forum

The global pandemic, combined with the climate crisis, the increasing spotlight on racial injustice, and the widening wealth gap, have confirmed that…

June 16, 2021
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Five Ways Lenders Can Interrupt Racism and Provide Restorative-Justice Capital

Recently Impact Alpha published an article by Joe Neri, CEO of OFN member IFF, entitled “Five Ways That Lenders Can Interrupt Racism…

April 12, 2021
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Lisa Mensah Joins Goldman Sachs ‘One Million Black Women’ Advisory Council

On March 9, Goldman Sachs announced its new One Million Black Women (OMBW) initiative, a $10 billion investment to positively impact at least one million Black women…

March 10, 2021
News

First Finance Justice Fund Loans Announced

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…

February 22, 2021
News

Comcast Announces $5 million Grant Program for BIPOC-owned Small Businesses

Comcast has announced the next element of Comcast RISE – the Comcast RISE Investment Fund. This $5 million grant program will provide 100 individual…

February 9, 2021
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