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Past, Present, and Future of CDFIs: Q&A with OFN's Dafina Williams
/ October 1, 2019 / Voices

Recently honored as one of ...

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Q&A with GIIN’s Hannah Schiff about Scaling the Use of Guarantees in U.S. Community Investing
/ June 27, 2017 / Voices

Recently, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) released Scaling the...

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Wells Fargo's Diverse Community Capital Program Opens Round Two!
Lindsay Li / May 8, 2016 / Voices

Lending, grant, and social capital to scale up lending to diverse small businesses

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Q&A with Daryl Shore on the $125MM JPMorgan Chase PRO Neighborhoods Initiative
Lindsay Li / April 14, 2016 / Voices

Philadelphia, PA, April 14, 2016 (CDFI Connect)—This month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. launched Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in Neighborhoods (PRO Neighborhoods), a $125 million, five-year initiative to identify and support solutions for creating economic opportunity in distressed...

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Q&A with Joe Evans on Kresge Foundation’s $30MM Commitment for CDFIs and DFAs
Lindsay Li / April 13, 2016 / Voices

Philadelphia, PA, April 13, 2016 (CDFI Connect)—The Kresge Foundation recently announced Kresge Community Finance, a $30 million program-related investment (PRI) finance offering to certified Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFI) and quasi-public and private Development Finance...

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