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Recently Impact Alpha published an article by Joe Neri, CEO of OFN member IFF, entitled “Five Ways That Lenders Can Interrupt Racism…

On March 9, Goldman Sachs announced its new One Million Black Women (OMBW) initiative, a $10 billion investment to positively impact at least one million Black women…

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…

Comcast has announced the next element of Comcast RISE – the Comcast RISE Investment Fund. This $5 million grant program will provide 100 individual…

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…

Latino small business owners are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. As of 2020, there are 1.1 million minority-owned small businesses, which…

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

On January 12, Starbucks announced new initiatives as part of its long-standing commitment to use its scale and platform to positively impact the communities…