FUND Community Institute continues to analyze and share data from its recent study, Perception versus Reality: Women and Change in the CDFI Industry (available at www.fundci.org). This month, FUND Community Institute turns its attention to a discussion of the resources available for women to lead and succeed in the CDFI industry. Our survey of CDFI stakeholders found that […]
The Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference is a biennial event that brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss important issues facing individuals and their communities. The decade since the foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession has seen changes in the ways to achieve and maintain a middle class life. For some Americans, the traditional […]
During the conference you will hear from and be able to network with Novogradac’s senior executives alongside our valued co-hosts and sponsors, which are industry-leading companies. In the information-packed days you’ll get: Exclusive updates on strategy Insights into organizational solutions Thought leadership on key trends that are shaping the industry Exciting networking events Visit the […]
As a cofounder of the CDFI movement, Clifford (Cliff) Rosenthal wrote a masterwork on the history of community development finance in his book “Democratizing Finance, Origins of the Community Development Finance Institutions Movement”. It spans from Benjamin Franklin, through the first banking institutions for newly emancipated slaves, to the beginnings of the CDFI Fund, to […]
Eighteen national nonprofits have joined forces to present People & Places 2019, raising up local solutions from across the country. Learn what’s working to strengthen places and advance racial equity from the people making it happen. Approximately 100 speakers will share successful strategies that promote equitable development, bolster small businesses, encourage asset growth, remediate blight, make places […]
On the heels of the FUND Community Institute (FUND CI) landmark study on the role of Women in CDFIs, The Wisdom Fund partnered with FUND CI to explore why women small business owners access capital at lower rates than their male counter parts. The question is complex and influenced by a range of factors, such […]
Mission Investors Exchange’s 16th Mission Investing Institute at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York, NY, will feature 2 ½ days of member-led sessions bringing together approximately 40 staff members from foundations or other philanthropic asset owners across the country. This intensive training experience is designed to help philanthropy professionals gain exposure to approaches that can help […]
FUND Community Institute continues to engage in dialogue and analysis around data from its landmark study, Perception versus Reality: Women and Change in the CDFI Industry (available at www.fundci.org). This month, we examined the prevalence of women as leaders of CDFIs, and how this role may have changed since the founding of the industry. The findings suggest that […]
The Housing Justice Network will convene for its 2019 National Meeting at the historic Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. The conference will be a dynamic two and a half day event, bringing together affordable housing allies from across the nation. Attendees will participate in sessions on current developments in the federal housing programs, share ideas on litigating, advocating, and organizing, and gain new insights and perspectives from thought-provoking panelists and plenary speakers. For more information, visit the conference registration website.
Each year, the CDFI Coalition’s Institute brings together a diverse range of CDFIs from across the country to Washington for two days of networking, policy discussions, and advocacy. Members of Congress, federal agency officials, and key staff will be invited to speak and participate in panels on policy and resource information related to the work of […]
