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 ...

Is it possible to buy a home, send children to college, or weather emergencies with assets of only $211,450? Likely not, yet that’s the mean net worth of America’s Black families per the latest ...

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The Trump administration's FY 2027 budget request again proposes eliminating core Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund grant programs and redirecting limited funding toward rural ...

Community development financial institutions have a long history of providing vital economic lifelines to communities across the country. Credit unions have always been an important part of that story ...

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 ...

A customer uses an outdoor ATM at a Hope Credit Union branch in Jackson, Mississippi in 2021. Hope Credit Union, a federally-certified CDFI, has nearly tripled in size between March 2020 and the end ...