This week, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) took the opportunity during the confirmation hearings for the Secretaries of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development to repeatedly uplift the role and many positive impacts that community development financial institutions (CDFIs) make across the country, particularly in low-income and rural communities.
The Native CDFI Network has partnered with the Native American Development Corporation (NADC) to bring you the Tribal Energy Sovereignty & Green Energy Summit at the Double Tree By Hilton in Billings, MT January 22-24, 2025.
The Native CDFI Network (NCN) strongly encourages all Treasury-certified Native Community Development Entities (CDEs) to apply for the CDFI Fund’s Calendar Year (CY) 2024-2025 New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Allocation, which has an application deadline of Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
NCN CEO Pete Upton will be participating in a conversation on “Indigenous Examples of Governance, Democracy, and Economic Change” on February 3, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. PT.
A message from NCN’s CEO, Pete Upton, to those who attended the 2024 Annual Summit.
The U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP), Native CDFI Network, and Syncurrent announced a historic, 10-year partnership to gift Syncurrent to all 574 Tribal Nations free of charge.
Today, 15 prominent Native organizations – a group that includes the Native CDFI Network (NCN) – released a joint brief titled “Tribal Economic Development: Indian Country’s Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress” for incoming and returning members of Congress and their staff.
A message from NCN CEO Pete Upton after his attendance at the 30th Anniversary of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.
Yesterday, 14 prominent Native organizations – a group that includes the Native CDFI Network (NCN) – shared a joint brief titled “Tribal Economic Development: Indian Country’s Policy Priorities for the Federal Government” with key members of the incoming Trump Administration’s transition team.
NCN CEO Pete Upton visited Green Bay, Wisconsin to meet with Jeff Bowman, President and CEO, and Nathan King, Vice President of Bay Bank, a tribally owned bank with the Oneida Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, where they discussed opportunities within the GGRF CCIA program, emphasizing the importance of collaboration among Native financial institutions to advance clean energy projects.