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Introduction  In recent years, community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and similar mission-oriented financial services organizations have begun to elevate the importance of…

CDFIs are on the front lines of the fight for social, economic, and political justice, and they are financial first responders during crisis. In…

On August 3, Morgan Stanley and OFN announced Morgan Stanley has awarded $5 million in funding to OFN for pass-through grants of approximately…

On July 28, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott posted an update on Medium.com about a pledge she made last year to donate a majority of her wealth. In her announcement she…

OFN is pleased to announce the 19 awardees of the Small CDFI Unrestricted Grant Program. The Small CDFI Unrestricted Grant Program provided $50,000…

OFN is pleased to announce the second round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org-funded grants. In this round,…

Since we last welcomed new OFN members back in April, we have had 19 CDFIs join our network. We welcome our newest members! Learn…

In August 2018, OFN and HSBC Bank USA established the Good to Grow CDFI Investment Fund (G2G Fund) to expand the flow of…

On July 15, the CDFI Fund announced $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations through the 2019 allocation round to 76 community…