CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Uncategorized CDFI Fund, CDFIs, FUND Consulting, Native CDFIs 0
On September 10, 2015 the CDFI Fund announced awards to 195 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) totaling $202 million in grants and loans through the latest rounds of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program), the Native American CDFI …
Uncategorized asset-building, cdfi, CDFIs, consumer credit, FUND Consulting, loan funds, predatory lending 0
As many of our readers know, CDFIs are set up to provide access to capital in underserved markets. One market segment that is getting increased attention are military families. Policies have been enacted to address the consumer credit needs of …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources board fundraising, CDFI Boards, CDFIs 0
Over the past eight weeks, the FUND Consulting Blog Smart Decisions, Reliable Data has focused on presenting data from our annual industry research project. The project consisted of a survey focused on collecting information on CDFI Boards and Fundraising. FUND …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources board fundraising, CDFI Boards, CDFIs 0
Much of this blog series has presented data indicating that CDFI Boards lag behind the general nonprofit sector in fundraising. This week we offer some of the data the FUND team gathered on just how much money boards raise for …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources board fundraising, CDFI Boards, CDFIs 0
Last week’s blog focused on barriers to engaging board members to participate in fundraising. This week, we will concentrate on how some CDFIs achieve board participation in fundraising activities and how the CDFI industry might be lagging behind a bit …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources board fundraising, CDFI Boards, CDFIs 0
This blog post marks the half way point of FUND’s presentation of data from a 2014 research project examining CDFI Boards and Fundraising. So far, we have demonstrated how CDFIs lag behind the general nonprofit sector in utilizing boards for …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources boards, cdfi, CDFIs 0
Last week on the blog, we presented data on the size and composition of CDFI boards. This information can provide insight into board recruitment and retention.
The data indicated that while boards across all CDFI types were most likely to …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources banks, board development, boards, CDFIs, credit unions, FUND Consulting, fundraising, loan funds 0
Ideally, a CDFI board helps govern the organization, attract resources, as well as maintain accountability to the target market. This poses extra challenges for board recruitment, as board members must have the ability to make management decisions while balancing the …
CDFI News and Resources, FUND Consulting, Nonprofit News and Resources board development, boards, cdfi, CDFIs, FUND Consulting, fundraising, loan funds 1
Over the course of 2014, FUND Consulting worked on seven strategic plans with CDFI loan funds and banks. All of the final strategic plans included a goal that was tied to fundraising and / or increasing Board involvement in fundraising …
Uncategorized CDFI certification, CDFI Fund, CDFI Program, CDFIs, impact investing, impact measurement 0
While it may be freezing outside in Chicago, things are heating up inside the FUND offices! Currently, the FUND team is busy kicking-off strategic projects with Annual Package clients. This year, in addition to strategic plans, market analyses and capitalization …
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