Certification and Compliance Center
CDFI Recertification Application
Client: Community LendingWorks. Need: To maintain CDFI designation. Description: In 2015, FUND Consulting worked with Community LendingWorks (CLW) to recertify the loan fund as a CDFI. The project consisted of an analysis of CLW’s Target Market, compliance with all tests, and submission of the certification application. The result was CLW maintaining its certification status.
CDFI Readiness Assessment & Certification Application
Client: FNBC Bank. Need: To achieve CDFI certification. Description: FUND Consulting worked with FNBC Bank, a rural financial institution with a community development focus, in 2015 to help the bank achieve status as a certified CDFI. The project started with a CDFI Readiness Assessment which assessed FNBC’s compliance with all CDFI tests. Once the assessment […]
CDFI Readiness Assessment
Client: Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona. Need: To assess readiness for becoming certified as a CDFI. Description: In 2016, FUND Consulting worked with Housing Solutions of Norther Arizona to help formulate an action plan to become a certified CDFI. As the organization did not engage in direct lending, FUND Consulting assessed compliance with all other […]
CDFI Certification Application
Client: North Coast Credit Union. Need: To achieve CDFI certification. Description: FUND Consulting worked with North Coast Credit union in 2015 to help them achieve status as a certified CDFI. The project included an overview of CDFI certification, an assessment of compliance with all CDFI tests, and the submission of a CDFI certification application. The […]
Operational Support Services
Strategic Plan
Client: Cal Coastal Rural Development Corporation. Need: To develop a plan to guide organizational sustainability and growth. Description: In 2014, California Coastal Rural Development Corporation (Cal Coastal) partnered with FUND Consulting to develop a Strategic Plan to guide the organization’s strategic growth and development for through 2017. Using guiding questions to frame the project, FUND […]
Strategic & Capitalization Planning
Client: Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund (HEF). Need: To inform future growth, product expansion, and resource development efforts. Description: In 2011, HEF engaged FUND Consulting to write an application for a 2012 CDFI Fund Technical Assistance (TA) award to build its CDFI strategy. As a result of the receipt of this award, in September 2013 HEF again […]
Research Study
Client: Opportunity Finance Network. Need: To identify challenges and successful strategies of deployment for CDFIs. Description: In July 2013, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) engaged FUND Consulting to expand on an existing research project that FUND had completed, which surveyed CDFI clients about their deployment strategies. OFN asked FUND to expand on this research and to […]
Needs Assessment
Client: Deloitte Financial Advisory Services. Need: Needs assessment, industry literature and study analysis. Description: In June 2013, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services (Deloitte FAS) engaged FUND Consulting to complete a needs assessment to assist with addressing the training and technical assistance needs of CDFI MDIs throughout the United States and to research issues related to CDFI […]
Member Survey
Client: Hawaii Federal Credit Union. Need: To assess need and demand in the Target Market. Description: The project began with a kick-off call on in 2014 with HFCU staff and the FUND Consulting team to gain a preliminary understanding of the goals for the survey. Using knowledge collected from this discussion, FUND Consulting composed the […]
Market Study
Client: Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) and CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing). Need: To assess the need for Integrated Healthcare and Supportive Housing. Description: In May 2013, FUND Consulting completed a market assessment for PCDC and CSH to assess whether these is a market for the financing of supportive housing and healthcare projects in Arizona, […]
Strategic Services Packages
Strategic Capacity Building
Client: Alternatives Federal Credit Union. Need: Strategic Capacity Building. Description: Since 2013, FUND Consulting has worked with Alternatives Federal Credit Union to support the CDFI in its funding, certification, and planning initiatives. FUND Consulting has helped Alternatives receive $2.9 million in funding from the CDFI fund, remain in compliance with reporting requirements to the CDFI Fund, […]
Strategic Capacity Building
Client: Central Bank of Kansas City. Need: Strategic Capacity Building. Description: Since 2012, FUND Consulting has been a strategic partner with the Central Bank of Kansas City (CBKC) through the provision of comprehensive consulting packages. FUND Consulting has helped CBKC receive $3.7 million in funding from the CDFI Fund, remain in compliance with reporting requirements to […]
Strategic Capacity Building
Client: Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation. Need: Strategic Capacity Building. Description: FUND Consulting has been working with the Citizen Potawatomi CDC, a non profit community development organization, to build strategic capacity secure funding for organizational capacity building and project specific initiatives. Since 2005, FUND’s team has written successful grant applications resulting in over $8.3 million […]
Strategic Capacity Building
Client: Valley Economic Development Corporation. Need: Strategic Capacity Building. Description: Since 2013, FUND Consulting has worked with Valley Economic Development Corporation (VEDC) to support the CDFI in its funding, certification, and planning initiatives. FUND Consulting has helped VEDC receive $1.7 million in funding from the CDFI fund, remain in compliance with reporting requirements to the CDFI […]
Strategic Capacity Building
Client: Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group (CNIMFG). Need: Strategic Capacity Building. Description: In May 2013, a Chicago based emerging CDFI engaged FUND Consulting to complete a CDFI Readiness Assessment to understand the organization’s potential of becoming a CDFI. The FUND Consulting project team analyzed the organization, its financials, and its Board to assess fulfillment […]