An upcoming public television segment follows Oweesta’s work getting investment dollars to Native CDFIs across the country.

An upcoming public television segment follows Oweesta’s work getting investment dollars to Native CDFIs across the country.

LEAF, a non-profit CDFI, provides financing and advisory services to underserved, small businesses in Massachusetts and cooperatives across the US

When you have money, banks will throw cheap credit your way. But try applying when you're on a low income, and suddenly the cost is sky high.

Elections bring new officials and new priorities. For Native CDFIs, the work of expanding access to capital continues.In this episode of Difference Makers 3.0, host Brian Edwards talks with Native CDF...

Native CDFIs finance homes, support small businesses and create jobs. Keeping capital flowing into their communities also requires a voice in the policy decisions that shape federal funding and bank investment. In a new episode of Difference Makers 3.0, Native CDFI Network CEO Pete Upton and policy consultant Ian Record join host Brian Edwards to review NCN’s third-quarter advocacy and discuss priorities heading into 2027.

Native CDFIs know where their communities need capital. Turning that knowledge into a lending program takes another set of skills. In a new episode of Difference Makers 3.0, Pamela Boivin of the Nativ...

Deputy Treasurer Greg Olsen told the task force the state's cash pool is invested for liquidity and safety and is largely committed to other funds; while limited pilot investments into CDFIs exist under LD 1500, the pool is not a ready pot of unrestricted money for property-tax relief.

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Credit unions as engines of fairer local economies

The foundation’s first domestic programme partners five community lenders to identify barriers blocking access to FedNow instant payment rails.