Inez Long Receives Ned Gramlich Award for Advocacy of Black-owned Businesses
Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced that respected financial crusader Inez Long has been named recipient of the 2020 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award…
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Urban Institute Essay Series Explores Federal Strategies to Support Inclusive Neighborhoods
The Opportunity for All project is based on a simple premise: every family should live in a neighborhood that supports their well-being and their…
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
Originally posted 9/1/2020 by OFN member IFF A blog by IFF CEO Joe NeriOn April 15th, IFF CEO Joe Neri published a…
Learning to Change: Reflections of the CDFI Racial Equity Collaborative on Education
Introduction In recent years, community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and similar mission-oriented financial services organizations have begun to elevate the importance of…
OFN Awards Second Round of Google Financing
OFN is pleased to announce the second round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org-funded grants. In this round,…
Asking and Answering “Where Do We Go from Here?”
What is systemic racism? How can we rise to today’s calls for equity and justice for Black lives? What role can and…
$10 Million Netflix Investment in HOPE Credit Union Sets Example for Private Sector
Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union (HOPE), a community development financial institution (CDFI) based in Jackson, Mississippi, will use a $10 million investment from Netflix to import capital…
Wells Fargo Launches $400 Million Small Business Recovery Effort
In April 2020, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf made an industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program back…
OFN Awarded Grant from Newly Established Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing
The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF), a donor collaborative vehicle with a mission of scaling the practice of impact investing, announced its…