CIC strengthens our community and contributes to economic development by fueling the success of under-resourced entrepreneurs through education, mentoring, financing and networking.

Community Investment Corporation (CIC) is a pooled-risk mortgage lender specializing in multifamily rehab in lower-income neighborhoods. Favorable rates, unique loan products, and prompt attention by experienced staff mean CIC can make loans that others cannot. CIC is committed to building the capabilities of the hands-on, cost-effective rehabbers/owners who are able to operate in low-income areas with little or no subsidy.

Community Investment Fund of Indiana, Inc. (CIFI) provides development services and loans in qualified investment areas and to low-income individuals who lack access to financial products or services throughout the state. Our purpose is to generate positive change by increasing financial and social capital flows across the state. We directly finance projects, assist in leveraging additional capital, and facilitate access to program services. CIFI’s primary customers are individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, community service providers, and affordable housing developers.

The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region is a nonprofit financial institution that promotes sustainable community development efforts for economically underserved people and communities. With capital provided by socially-concerned investors, the Community Loan Fund has made loans to nonprofit organizations and microenterprises throughout New York State’s Capital Region since 1985, based on social impact, project need, and financial viability. In addition, the Community Loan Fund provides education, training, technical assistance, and many other resources to support equitable community and economic development efforts.

Established in 1974, CPC is a nonprofit affordable housing and community revitalization finance company. Through our core lending business and subsidiaries, CPC provides a full suite of construction lending, permanent lending, and equity investing products.

Founded in 1988, Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF) is a national non-profit organization with a mission to improve lives and strengthen communities through innovative financial solutions. A leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), CRF supports mission-driven organizations, increases economic mobility, and builds strong local economies through the development of solutions aimed at creating an equitable financial system. CRF has injected more than $3.6 billion to stimulate job creation and economic development and support community facilities.

​Community Ventures helps people own homes and start businesses because we believe in people’s dreams. From affordable financing to large-scale community projects, our areas of focus offer the opportunity to dramatically improve the quality of life for people across Kentucky.

Formally The Northern California Community Loan Fund (NCCLF), Community Vision Capital and Consulting is dedicated to strengthening low-income neighborhoods and enabling disadvantaged people to build a better future. Founded in 1987, Community Vision provides financing for a wide range of nonprofit organizations, as well as technical assistance and training programs to help them improve their financial management skills and capacity to acquire space. The organization serves forty-six counties in Northern California, and over the past two decades, has created life-changing opportunities for thousands of people and communities in need.

CommunityWorks is committed to creating a brighter future for financially underserved people and places in South Carolina by providing equitable financial products and services to build wealth. We have been impacting the community for more than a decade, providing resources that support small business growth, affordable housing, homeownership, and more. CommunityWorks’ products and services include small and microbusiness lending, community development lending, financial wellness coaching, down payment assistance, and our women’s business center.

Cook Inlet Housing Authority (CIHA) believes that quality housing provides a solid foundation on which to further build overall quality of life. To serve this goal, we provide rental housing, home ownership, and home improvement opportunities, as well as neighborhood revitalization activities and community partnerships.

Cooperative Business Assistance Corporation (CBAC) is a community development financial institution (CDFI) dedicated to small business lending in low-income urban areas in southern New Jersey. By strengthening small businesses, CBAC creates jobs, provides necessary services to local residents, and rehabilitates vacant properties, thus stabilizing area neighborhoods.

The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) was founded in 1975 by co-op activists and social investors to provide financial and technical assistance to food cooperatives. Since then, the organization has expanded its focus, offering development loans and technical assistance to a wide range of co-ops and nonprofit groups that share CFNE’s vision of economic justice for all through thriving cooperative enterprise.

The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national CDFI that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. We fulfill our mission by providing technical assistance, training, grants, and loans to project sponsors, service providers, affordable housing developers, and government partners, and by advocating for a more favorable policy environment for supportive housing creation and operation. Lending is integral in our approach to fostering supportive housing creation at scale.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) is a member-based non-profit organization that helps Hawaiians connect to culture and resources and develop the skills needed to thrive. CNHA mission is to enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians. CNHA is a national network of Native Hawaiian organizations and a strong voice on public policy. CNHA operates a loan fund, delivers capacity building services, fosters leadership development and has convened the Annual Native Hawaiian Convention for 18 consecutive years

Craft3 is a regionally-focused nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI). It specializes in loans that strengthen the resilience of Oregon and Washington businesses, families, and the environment. Those investments include business startup, operation, or expansion and mission-aligned nonprofit and conservation projects. Craft3 also offers loans to homeowners to repair/replace failing septic systems or upgrade the energy-efficiency of their home. Loans are accessible, responsible, and span a diverse set of industries and sectors, including community facilities, food and agriculture, clean energy, and general business. Founded in 1994 in rural Pacific County, Washington, Craft3 now has offices in Port Angeles, Seattle, Spokane, and Walla Walla, Washington, and Astoria, Bend, Klamath Falls, and Portland, Oregon.

Culleywood Capital is a loan fund that supports access to capital, job creation and community development activities for underserved people and businesses in the Southeast, with a focus on affordable housing, small business debt and equity, and other social impact endeavors.

The mission of Dakota Resources is to connect capital and capacity to empower rural communities. Our programs include Community Development Loans, Community Coaching, Learning Network, New Markets Tax Credit, and RuralX.

Our Community Development Loan program focusses on lending to economic and housing development organizations and CDFIs serving rural and Native communities. Our program provides flexible, unsecured capital with interest-only payments for up to ten years.

Other CDFIs can also get involved in our Learning Network program by accessing Thriverr, our network of rural development leaders, and Community Coaching, our strategy consulting services.

Detroit Development Fund is a nonprofit (501(c)(3) organization and a certified community development financial institution (CDFI), incorporated in the state of Michigan. Detroit Development Fund was created in 1998 with an initial mission of helping revitalize an economically distressed target area in Detroit’s far East side neighborhoods. It now operates throughout the City of Detroit. Detroit Development Fund provides loans and technical assistance to small business owners, developers, building owners, contractors, and subcontractors who cannot get all of the capital they need from traditional financing sources.

Dorchester Bay Neighborhood Loan Fund (DBNLF) is a non-profit subsidiary of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation. We lend to small businesses for the purpose of starting, stabilizing and expanding/growing their business. We are a CDFI and SBA lender.

DreamSpring is a nonprofit community lender dedicated to eliminating systemic wealth inequities and accelerating the economic inclusion and strength of underserved communities. Founded in 1994, the organization, which operates in 19 states, provides rapid access to capital and customized wrap-around support to the most vulnerable small business owners, focusing on communities including people of color, women, low- to moderate-income earners, people with disabilities, and start-ups. To date, DreamSpring has issued more than 42,000 loans totaling over $465 million to small businesses that support an estimated 72,000 jobs.

Established in 2004 and certified as a CDFI in January 2005, ECDI is the only microlender for the City of Columbus and Franklin County government and the sole CDFI microlender and SBA microloan intermediary in central Ohio. To meet its mission, ECDI offers microenterprise training, microloans, and other asset-building programs, all of which provide clients with financial assistance as well as the knowledge to maintain self-sufficiency well after the loan term. ECDI continues to grow dramatically and set an aggressive strategic agenda to expand services, introduce new financial products and services, and reach out to additional vulnerable populations.

Economic Empowerment Center, dba Lending Link, provides small dollar loans ($500 – $5,000) to consumers and we are just beginning to offer larger
loans ($20,000 – $40,000) to microbusinesses using a grant from the State of Nebraska. We also provide other services such as income tax preparation,
translation, notarization, etc.
Education and coaching to promote long-term financial stability
Access to low-cost capital to increase financial self-sufficiency and security
The prevalence of payday and car title lenders in our community have a significant impact on the finances of low- and middle-income households — and create a critical need for responsive financial education programs and affordable, alternative loans. Evidence of the need lies in the numbers: 22 percent of Nebraskans report borrowing money from a non-bank in the past five years, and 56 percent say they spend about as much or more money than they earn.

Problems at both the individual and systems levels are causing difficult financial situations, including: lack of access to mainstream forms of credit, lack of basic financial knowledge, stigma and embarrassment, lack of livable wages, income inequality, banking industry changes and the convenience of alternative financial services such as payday lenders.

Our programs and services strive to:

Teach basic financial and debt management
Transition clients away from payday and other predatory lenders
Guide clients to achieve long-term financial health through low interest rates and longer terms for repayment

The Economic Justice Fund is a mission-driven, nonprofit financial institution dedicated to providing fair, affordable financing and free credit building services to empower borrowers to realize their dreams. Our loans have low fixed rates, no application fees, no origination fees, no servicing fees, and no
prepayment fees. We also offer flexible terms and flexible underwriting to meet the needs of a wide range of borrowers.

The mission of the Women’s Opportunities Resource Center (WORC) is to promote social and economic self-sufficiency primarily for economically disadvantaged women and their families. WORC provides training, individual business assistance, incentive savings program, job placement, and access to business and financial resources. WORC empowers its constituents through various self-help strategies including savings, a self-employment network, and access to its local and national affiliations. Additionally, WORC encourages community awareness and responsiveness concerning issues impacting economic equity and independence.