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

Over the course of 10 years, more than $70MM was awarded by the Wells Fargo NEXT Awards to CDFIs creating impact through innovation.

Brownsville,TX, is “the poorest city in the poorest county in one of the poorest states in the U.S.,” says Nick Mitchell-Bennett, Executive Director of Rio Grande Valley Multibank (RGVMB).

Members of OFN’s Strategic Communications team and a film crew of two hit the road last week,  filming on location for one of the Awardees of the 2016 Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance.