To avoid delays or loss of Certification, organizations must act now to prepare their submissions and resolve outstanding issues.
The NeighborWorks America Training Institute (NTI) is heading to New Orleans this summer! From August 19–23, 2025, housing, community development, and lending professionals from across the country will gather for a week of top-tier training and networking.
In a recent Marketplace article and podcast episode, national leaders spoke out about the potential impacts of proposed changes to the CDFI Fund and the vital role Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) play in underserved communities.
The CDFI Fund’s monthly Certification webinars, which are intended to serve as a forum for potential CDFI Certification Applicants, Certified CDFIs, and other CDFI Certification stakeholders to ask questions and discuss CDFI Certification and the CDFI Certification process, have been scheduled for calendar year 2025.
To maintain their status as a certified CDFI, and continue delivering on their mission, CDFIs must submit the Annual Certification and Data Collection Report (ACR) on an annual basis.
According to the March 21, 2025, report submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, the Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program is confirmed as a statutory program of the CDFI Fund.
The Credit Builders Alliance is currently seeking dedicated and visionary individuals to join its Board of Directors.
This afternoon, the Native CDFI Network (NCN) received communication from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs within the Executive Office of the President that the U.S. Department of Treasury has affirmed its continuing support of the CDFI Fund in the wake of last Friday’s Executive Order (EO) by President Trump that targeted the Fund.
U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan determined the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient” justification for terminating the grants made to the awarded entities.
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.