On Tuesday, FUND Consulting had the opportunity to participate in an invite-only webinar session for CDFI banks hosted by the Community Development Bankers Association (CDBA) and the CDFI Fund. A strategic partner of FUND Consulting for many years, the CDBA is the national trade association for the community development banking sector and the voice of […]
Recently the CDFI Fund announced the award recipients for the FY 2012 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) and Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Programs. The FY 2012 award announcement was the largest in the CDFI Fund’s history, and a record 210 CDFI’s received a combined $186,853,456 in Financial Assistance (FA) and Technical Assistance (TA) awards. […]
We are excited to announce that FUND partners Ruth Barber and Lolita Sereleas will present on panels at two upcoming conferences in October. First, Ruth and Lolita will be speaking on two panels at the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Annual Conference in San Antonio on Wednesday, October 18 including: Identifying Opportunity: Using Market Analysis to […]
As the name of our blog indicates, making smart decisions based on reliable data is a vital component of strategic planning and management. Armed with quality data and information, organizations can make informed strategic decisions and maximize the success and impact of products and services to meet the need and demand in current and/or potential […]
FUND Consulting recently completed a research project for a CDFI small business loan fund client interested in starting an investment fund. While members of the CDFI industry use a variety of terms to refer to this type of model, for the purposes of the project, we defined an investment fund as a capital generating model […]
Last week our staff attended the OFN Small Business Forum held in our hometown of Chicago. The forum was an excellent opportunity to catch up with a number of our clients and industry colleagues as well as to learn more about the opportunities that exist for CDFIs to better serve entrepreneurs and small businesses. One […]
The CDFI Fund recently issued a request for comments on the CDFI Program, which provides Financial Assistance (FA) and Technical Assistance (TA) awards to both emerging and certified CDFIs across the country. According to the CDFI Fund, in FY 2012 it received 403 applications requesting approximately $395.7 million in funds – a slight increase in […]
Welcome to the FUND Consulting blog! Since 2000, we have provided both strategic and operational services to community development financial institution (CDFI), nonprofit, and government clients nationwide. Now more than ever, new innovations and collaborations within the public, for-profit, and non-profit sectors are leading to fundamental changes in the way that mission-driven organizations do business. […]