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Harold Pettigrew, OFN President and CEO, along with OFN CEO members at the Hatchery food incubator in Chicago

We Are Made for This Moment

An in-person retreat in San Diego brought together the full staff and board members of the International Rescue Committee's Center for Economic Opportunity (IRC-CEO) in March 2023.

CDFI Consumer Loans Help Immigrants and Refugees Climb Economic Ladder

Beth Lipson talking to 2022 OFN conference audience

Past, Present, Future: A Message From Beth Lipson

The Hawai'i Community Lending team members

Native CDFI Makes Affordable Housing on Homelands a Reality for Local Hawaiians

Youma Ba, owner of Kilimanjaro Restaurant located in Philadelphia received funding from TEC Capital

Philadelphia CDFI Promotes Racial and Economic Equity Through Investment in Small Businesses

Foggy California Northern Valley landscape at sunset. VOICES Beyond Land Acknowledgement: How CDFIs Can Support Land Justice Catherine Howard, President of Community Vision; Rebecca Tortes, Director of the California Tribal Fund; Camille Clinton, Senior Content Developer at Community Vision Community Vision’s Reparative Land Fee Program partners with Indigenous communities to redistribute power and address the wounds of colonialism and systemic racism. Read time: 8 minutes In 2021, the California-based CDFI Community Vision launched a Reparative Land Fee Program directs financial resources to Indigenous communities and offers a step towards healing the historical and ongoing theft of life, land, and culture.

Beyond Land Acknowledgement: How CDFIs Can Support Land Justice

Isom IGA owner Gwen Christon in front of the community grocery store located in Kentucky

Five Ways OFN Members Celebrate Earth Day Every Day

Electric vehicles (EV) Pilot partners pose in front of the Nissan LEAF EV while it's plugged into the V2G charger.

Climate Lending Is Embedded in CDFI’s Mission: Q&A with BlueHub Capital

Jonathan Porter, a client of Northwest Access Fund, which is a CDFI that assisted CCLF in integrating "Accessibility" into its DEI strategy, on a plenary at the 2023 OFN conference.

DEI+A: Chicago CDFI Adds Accessibility to its DEI Strategy