Earlier this week, OFN announced that five CDFIs were selected as the first awardees of the NEXT Fund for Innovation.

From Pay-for-Success to solar energy financing, the NEXT Fund for Innovation awards new ways to improve outcomes in underserved communities across the U.S.

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) announced today that it has received a rating of AAA for Impact Performance from Aeris, the information service for community investors. The AAA is the highest rating given by the agency.

Ocean Approved is protecting the ocean, while tantalizing people's palates, by growing a super-food with a pedigree traced directly to Maine's coastal waters. The first open-ocean kelp farm in the U.S., Ocean Approved farms, processes, and sells kelp and kelp products, offering customers a local