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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…

Minority-led CDFIs — like minority-owned businesses — often face an uneven playing field when it comes to accessing capital to grow their…

On February 2, former President Bill Clinton joined leaders from across the CDFI, political, philanthropic, and corporate sectors to talk about how…

After serving for two years as under secretary of agriculture for rural development in the Obama administration, Lisa Mensah joined OFN as…

This past July, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott shared an update on her pledge to donate a majority of her wealth. She listed 116…

In OFN’s most recent round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org-funded grants, four CDFIs have received a total of $8.5 million…

The magnitude of this global pandemic’s impact on small business is extraordinary, posing an unparalleled economic danger to families and communities. Unwavering…

On December 7, Amazon announced a $2.25 million donation to Nashville-based OFN member The Housing Fund. With this new capital injection, The Housing Fund…

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…