The future of the federal Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund remains embroiled in politics and uncertainty that’s trickling down to the community lenders that rely on it as a ...

Revitalizing American communities and industries has been a core priority for the Trump administration. Congress and federal agencies are pursuing policies aimed at increasing financial resilience and ...

In Part 2 of this three-part series focused on why and how the community development finance field needs to reframe the role of capital technicians and the market, rebalance power relationships, and ...

At a time when diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are under assault, there is an opportunity to find common ground with community development financial institutions (CDFIs). These ...

The deal to reopen the federal government earlier this month reversed the mass firings of thousands of federal workers. Among those who got their jobs back are the entire staff at the Community ...

In a shifting and uncertain world, community-based organizations are hard put to secure funding for their initiatives. Urban centers like New York City see that challenge expressed in growing ...

A construction worker carries a sawhorse in front of a building being renovated in the Colonial Village public housing complex in Norwalk. Credit: Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public It’s no secret ...

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- David Fukuzawa, Nancy O. Andrews, and Rebecca Steinitz today announced the release of their highly anticipated article, "A New Blueprint for Financing ...

In Native communities across the country, economic development has never been just about profit — it’s about people. It’s about restoring generational wealth, repairing broken systems, and reclaiming ...

This story was originally published by ICT. Roughly 25 years ago, only 1 percent of all small businesses on the Cheyenne River Reservation in northwestern South Dakota were Native owned despite Native ...

Rachel Bridenstine might have the most important job that most Akronites have never heard of in the city: president of the Summit County Development Finance Authority (DFA). It’s a role she stepped ...