Minnesota Archives - OFN

Impact Stories

State: Minnesota

People sitting and smiling in front of a wall that has Indigenous Roots painted on it.

Minnesota Indigenous Arts Center Empowers Local Community with Help of CDFI Loan

January 9, 2025

Rachel Slinden Blydenburgh, owner of Sweet Salon and Barber Shoppe, stands smiling in her store.

Minnesota Hair Salon Offers Inclusive Space During COVID-19 with CDFI Help

Bois Forte Tribal Chair Cathy Chavers

Bois Forte Band Restores 28,000 Acres of Tribal Land with Help from CDFI

The Hollows_GMHF project

Minnesota Developer Gets Workforce Housing Project Across Finish Line with CDFI Financing

Lower Phalen Creek Project - Propel Nonprofits client

Native-led Environmental Conservation Nonprofit to Build Education Center in Minnesota Using CDFI Financing

November 16, 2021

Minnesota Ice - African Development Center client

Minnesota Ice Manufacturer Builds Capacity, Triples Accounts with Help of CDFI Financing

November 2, 2021

Collage of images with a man landscaping in the top left, a group of three men standing in front of a work truck in the bottom left, and a recently renovated home on the right.

5 Midwest Community Facilities Supported with Financing and Technical Assistance from IFF

September 29, 2021

Bailey Builds - Entrepreneur Fund client

Minnesota Couple Works with CDFI to Expand Wood Shop and Open Local Artisan Collective in Duluth

Capri Theater - MMCDC client

Minneapolis, MN

Landmark North Minneapolis Theater Undergoes Renovation with Below-Market Rate CDFI Financing