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OFN announced the launch of the new Finance Justice Fund on November 12 during the final day of the 2020 OFN Conference. The Finance Justice Fund is a socially…

On November 9 during the 2020 OFN Conference, the Native CDFI Awards honored two Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) — Cook Inlet…

Get ready! We’re taking the 2020 OFN Conference virtual! After deep consideration, we are moving forward with an adapted Conference format this year that…

At the 2019 Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Conference in Washington, D.C., one of this year’s breakout sessions featured a communications-focused panel discussion entitled “Asset-Based Language: How…

The opening plenary for the 2019 OFN Conference focused on how senior policymakers have interacted with our industry through their careers. Hosted by…

By the numbers, the 2019 OFN Conference will go down in CDFI history: 1 President William Jefferson Clinton; more than 1,500 attendees (the most yet!); 119 sessions across 11 tracks; special…

Every year at the OFN Annual Conference, we present a Justice Grant to an organization with a mission to support economic, political, or social…

CDFI Fund Director Jodie Harris addressed the 2019 OFN Conference crowd for the first time since she became director last year. Jodie…

The 2019 OFN Annual Conference closed with a roar! Three fierce CDFI leaders ended the Conference as part of a closing plenary…