Recently, the 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 neighborhoods around the country.
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 Authorities (DFA) expanding opportunities in America’s cities. The foundation will select applications through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP). Successful nonprofit applicants also will receive an equity grant, equivalent to five percent of the amount of PRI financing disbursed. Information on how to apply can be found below.
DETROIT, November 11,105 (CDFI Connect) At the 2015 Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance celebration during Opportunity Finance Network’s Annual Conference in Detroit, Kimberley Ostrowski, Senior Program Director-Corporate Giving/Prudential Foundation of Prudential, a NEXT Awards partner, announced that the Awards will again focus on innovation in consumer financial services and products for 2016.