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On November 12, Cliff Rosenthal, former CEO of National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now: Inclusiv), cofounder of the CDFI Coalition, recipient of the 2008 lifetime achievement Gramlich Award for Responsible Finance, and trained historian,...

A fierce seeker of solutions, Jeremy Nowak identified ways to improve the lives of disadvantaged communities, contributed to the betterment of Philadelphia, and believed in the power of communities to innovate and improve.

At a recent meeting of CDFIs in New England, three young entrepreneurs spoke about how CDFIs were enabling them to pursue their dreams. A young couple spoke about obtaining a mortgage to purchase farm land to expand their small organic farming business.

"For 30 years, high-impact CDFI investments have provided people in disinvested and underserved communities with access to responsible, affordable finance.