On February 12, OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah traveled to Mississippi Valley State University with OFN’s EVP of Knowledge Sharing, Donna Fabiani, to participate in a Hope Enterprise Corporation policy forum entitled “Rural Places, Rural Spaces: Closing the Financial Service Gaps in Persistent
Cinnaire, a non-profit CDFI that provides creative loans, investments and development services, recently provided an $11.5 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to support the new construction of a 350,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for EJ Group, Inc.
Recently, OFN’s Lisa Mensah was a panelist at the NEXUS USA 2018 Summit, a gathering of young philanthropists, impact investors, and CDFI allies—including family business members, successful entrepreneurs, and inspiring social change leaders