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Group of CDFI practitioners poses next to big cactus in front of NFL YET College Prep Academy in Phoenix, AZ.

OFN Members Receive More Than $1.8 Billion in Federal Awards for Equitable Community Development

September 30, 2024

OFN's CCIA program graphic with solar panels on building and electric vehicles

OFN Announces CCIA Program Launch

September 24, 2024

OFN member voting at 2023 OFN board election in Washington, DC

Meet OFN’s 2024 Board Election Candidates

September 18, 2024

From right: Senator Cardin (D-MD), with Baltimore Community Lending's Watchen Harris Bruce, and OFN’s Dafina Williams and Sofia Gilkerson.

Look Ahead: What the 119th Congress Could Mean for CDFIs

August 29, 2024

From left: Jahi Wise, EPA Senior Advisor to the Administrator; Amber Kuchar-Bell, OFN Chief Strategy Officer; and Harold Pettigrew, OFN President and CEO, in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the GGRF awardees announcement in April 2024.

OFN Announced Our Final $2.29 Billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Award. What’s Next?

August 23, 2024

OFN’s four new executives share their perspectives on why this was the moment to join the organization and their vision for the path ahead

Meet the New Executives Who Will Help OFN Scale Impact and Shape the Future

August 14, 2024

US Capitol

Senate Appropriations Committee Recommends Increased Budget for CDFI Fund

The Capital One Community Benefits Plan (CBP) includes investments in CDFIs, CRA-qualified philanthropy; and small businesses and business in LMI communities

OFN’s Statement on Capital One’s Historic $265 Billion Community Benefits Plan

The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaking at the 2021 OFN Conference

New Biden-Harris Administration Actions Will Advance CDFI Financing of Affordable Housing