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Northern Initiatives’ Blended Learning Approach to Technical Assistance

This is the second in a six-part series spotlighting CDFIs in the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Diverse Community Capital program…

May 14, 2019

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PCV Mentoring Helps Growing Jewelry Boutique Shine

This is the first in a six-part series spotlighting CDFIs in the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Diverse Community Capital program…

May 7, 2019

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NCIFund Strengthens Community Development Work in Appalachia and the Southeast with OFN Financing

With the support of recent financing from OFN, CDFI Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) is continuing to strengthen its community development work…

May 3, 2019

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Catalytic Capital: Q&A with MacArthur Foundation’s Debra Schwartz

In March, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation launched the Catalytic Capital Consortium with partners The Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar…

April 17, 2019

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Nancy O. Andrews Pushes CDFIs to Look Again at Social Justice and Investing in Local Economies

In her article entitled “A Hole in our Vision: Race, Gender, and Justice in Community Development” Nancy O. Andrews, a revered community…

April 10, 2019

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Aligning Capital with Justice: New Blog for CDFI Practitioners

Effective CDFIs spend enormous amounts of time doing two things: raising capital and deploying loans. But as challenging and critical as those…

March 29, 2019

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CDFIs Launch $5 Million Kensington Lending Partnership in Philadelphia

On March 25, I had the pleasure of joining OFN senior vice president of development Amanda Joseph and a diverse range of…

March 28, 2019

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Amir Kirkwood joins OFN as chief lending and investment officer

OFN is excited to announce Amir Kirkwood has joined us as Chief Lending and Investment Officer. In this newly created position, Amir…

January 29, 2019