CDFIs finance community businesses, including small businesses, microenterprises, nonprofit organizations, commercial real estate, and affordable housing.
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The mission of the Disability Opportunity Fund (DOF) is that people with disabilities and their families will be able to obtain affordable, accessible and supportive housing through a seamless and rewarding process. The DOF is exclusively focused on addressing the gap in housing solutions for the disability community throughout the United States.
Founded in 1989 by the Wharton Small Business Development Center, The Enterprise Center provides access to capital, capacity building, business education and economic development opportunities to high-potential, minority entrepreneurs. Through our portfolio of business-acceleration initiatives, TEC seeks to better position minority enterprises to compete in the local, regional, and global economies.
Founded in 1997, The Progress Fund supports economic opportunity by lending needed capital and providing entrepreneurial coaching to underserved small businesses in Appalachia including 39 rural counties in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, southeastern Ohio and western Maryland. The Fund's goal is to finance projects that create and sustain jobs. It is an innovative lender in that it customized its products for clients rather than trying to fit the clients into existing programs.
Tiwa Lending Services (TLS) mission is to provide innovative products, education and developmental services to improve the social and economic growth of Pueblo of Isleta and other Native Americans residing in the surrounding communities.
TruFund Financial Services, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) headquartered in New York City with field offices in Alabama and Louisiana. TruFund tailors its financial and technical assistance to the unique needs of each site—from contractor mobilization lending in New York and Louisiana to a rural Black Belt initiatives in Alabama.
TruFund’s lending activities are designed to strengthen the capacity of small businesses, community and faith-based organizations, community development corporations, and large-scale development projects. TruFund works closely with private, governmental, and community partners to develop and operate programs that address specific capital gaps within local markets, and seeks to obtain funding commitments from local financial institutions to serve local needs. Our products range along the continuum of credit from multi-million-dollar New Markets Tax Credits projects to small business loans for entrepreneurs.
When businesses commit to us, we commit to them.
TruFund develops lending platforms and business development resources for small businesses and nonprofit organizations that have difficulty accessing capital from traditional sources. Together with our public, private, and community partners, we foster the long-term vitality of small businesses and the communities around them.
Twin Cities Community Land Bank LLC (TCC Land Bank) supports the creation of vibrant, sustainable homes, neighborhoods, and communities throughout the Twin Cities, seven-county metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. As a Community Development Financial Institution, TCC Land Bank utilizes a unique integrated approach to neighborhood recovery and redevelopment. Strategic acquisition/disposition of properties and land banking services are coordinated and integrated with community lending to achieve greater results in distressed communities, commercial corridors, and transit corridors linking affordable housing with jobs and transit. TCC Land Bank was created in 2009 and is a subsidiary of the Family Housing Fund.
In 1987, a group of investors in central Vermont launched a loan fund to support the development of affordable housing in the state. The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) made its first loan the following year, providing $5,075 to the Brattleboro Area Community Land Trust. In time, the organization expanded its scope to include community facilities and small business lending. Today, with $19.8 million in assets, VCLF is a valuable resource for the development of successful businesses and strong communities throughout Vermont.
Village Capital Corporation was launched in 1991 as a subsidiary of Neighborhood Progress, Inc., a
nonprofit created to build stronger neighborhoods by channeling funds from Cleveland's philanthropic
and corporate community to local community development organizations. VCC specializes in making
loans for the development of real estate, but within that niche it invests in many different types of
properties, including residential, retail, commercial, industrial, and community facilities. Over the past
five years, VCC has leveraged more than 19 private and public dollars for each dollar it has invested.
