Events Nike, CDFI Leaders Reflect on Company’s Decision to Invest in Opportunity Through Hope Credit Union December 17, 2021
News Twitter Highlights Finance Justice Fund in First Global Impact Report On April 7, Twitter released its first Global Impact Report, which shines a light on various initiatives throughout the company that are making… April 7, 2021
News First Finance Justice Fund Loans Announced OFN is excited to announce the first two Finance Justice Fund recipients. Congratulations to Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP) and IFF, two CDFIs going deep to combat… February 22, 2021
News Black-Led CDFIs to Help Drive More Than $40 Million in Google Funding to Black-Owned Businesses Minority-led CDFIs — like minority-owned businesses — often face an uneven playing field when it comes to accessing capital to grow their… February 9, 2021
Voices Philanthropy News Digest Interview with OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah After serving for two years as under secretary of agriculture for rural development in the Obama administration, Lisa Mensah joined OFN as… January 15, 2021
News Six Grow with Google Small Business Loans, Google.org Grants Announced As the COVID-19 crisis continues, CDFIs are best positioned to help small minority and women-owned businesses survive and recover from the pandemic’s economic… January 14, 2021
News New EBA Fund Offers Critical Support to Six OFN Member Microlenders In early December, The Aspen Institute and the Microfinance Impact Collaborative announced the creation of the Entrepreneur Backed Assets (EBA) Fund, which will… December 21, 2020
News Finance Justice Fund Now Open for Applications The Finance Justice Fund is now open for applications from OFN member CDFIs! Announced on November 12 during the 2020 OFN Virtual Conference, the Finance Justice Fund… December 15, 2020
