CDFIs finance community businesses, including small businesses, microenterprises, nonprofit organizations, commercial real estate, and affordable housing.
To find an OFN Member CDFI in your state, use the search criteria below. You can also visit our Member Profile Directory to learn about their important work.
The C3 Fund lends to real estate investors in Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) neighborhoods in Chicagoland. The Fund’s goal is to provide financing and technical support to create and retain badly needed Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) through innovative capital solutions. The C3 Fund nimbly serves investors with small portfolio rental loans and short-term construction loans that help to maximize the positive community benefits from residential renovation and investment activities.
CAHEC Capital is a nonprofit CDFI and lending affiliate of Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation (CAHEC), a nonprofit tax credit equity syndicator founded in 1992 and located in Raleigh, NC. Created in 2014 with loan originations commencing in 2015, CAHEC Capital provides flexible and affordable loan products to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developers focusing on development financing for new affordable housing communities as well as the preservation and improvement of existing low-income neighborhoods. CAHEC Capital's mission is to promote healthy, empowered, and sustainable housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals and their families.
Reason for becoming an OFN Member: CAHEC Capital strongly supports the mission of OFN--"to ensure that low-income, low-wealth, and other underserved people and communities have access to affordable, responsible financial products and services." After attending the 2017 OFN Conference in Washington, DC and participating in advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill, it become evident that we wanted to become a more integral part of the work OFN was doing. In addition to the passion exhibited by OFN and its team members, OFN membership provides CAHEC Capital access to services, opportunities, and peers that will help us grow and thrive as a CDFI in our marketplace.
Contact Person/Position: Larry Poole
Chartered in 1981, the California Coastal Rural Development Corporation (Cal Coastal) promotes community development by providing credit and technical assistance to small farmers and small businesses located on the central coast of California. We serve the counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Cal coastal offers direct loans and loan guarantees with State, Federal, and Small Business Administration financing. Cal Coastal is the largest CDFI serving farmers in the country.
The mission of California FarmLink is to link independent farmers and ranchers with the land and financing they need for a sustainable future. FarmLink helps farmers to build strong business skills, access fair financing, and establish secure land tenure. Established in 1999, FarmLink supports beginning, limited-resource, immigrant and other underserved farmers. We work across the state, with particular focus on the Central Coast, Central Valley, and North Coast regions. Our partnerships with farm training programs, government agencies, impact investors, and other nonprofits help farmers access land and financing. California FarmLink was certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 2013. It is one of the first agricultural CDFIs in the nation focused on sustainable and organic agriculture, and economic and environmental resilience.
Capital for Change brings together our 50+ years of knowledge and experience as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI’s) to create a combined organization that offers a wide array of lending funding and service options. C4C is about engaged, practical and unpretentious partnership. We invest in communities for the benefit of low and moderate income people and families. Our team is savvy about local conditions, values its long-standing network of allies, and cares deeply about creating opportunity and about urban revitalization. Please check back soon for our new website. Until then you can find important information on the websites below.
Capital Good Fund is a nonprofit, certified Community Development Financial Institution that helps people fix their finances. We offer small loans and personalized Financial + Health Coaching to families in Rhode Island, Florida, and Delaware. Our mission is to provide equitable financial services that create pathways out of poverty.
Through capital and commitment, Capital Impact helps people build communities of opportunity that break barriers to success. A nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Capital Impact has a 30+ year history delivering strategic financing, social innovation programs, and capacity building that creates social change and delivers financial impact nationwide.
Capital Plus Financial supports economically disadvantaged communities by providing affordable housing and single family residential mortgages in Texas.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF), previously The Support Center, is a statewide nonprofit and CDIF that provides small business loans and technical assistance to start-ups and existing businesses. Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by supporting small businesses as a partner, a small business advocate, an accessible funding resource and a trusted business guide. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for all people. Since 1990, CSBDF has offered services to create economic opportunities for individuals, families and entrepreneurs throughout North Carolina. Our primary activities include small business lending, business services, our Western Women’s Business Center and policy research. CSBDF has forged long-term relationships with a number of partners, foundations, nonprofits, local governments, federal and state agencies, and financial institutions across the state to help achieve its mission.
The mission of CASA of Oregon is to develop housing, programs and facilities that promote the quality of life and self-sufficiency of farmworkers and other low income populations.
