The Native Artist Professional Development course is a value-based, hands-on learning experience to enhance artists’ business skills and prepare artists for their journeys as successful entrepreneurs.

It is with deep sorrow and heartfelt respect that we announce the passing of Cora Mae Haskell, a remarkable leader and cherished member of the Native CDFI community.

CBA Fund is providing loan capital, capacity building grants, and technical assistance to select nonprofits so they can offer small dollar consumer loans especially to people who have traditionally lacked access to safe and affordable capital.

The U.S. Treasury Department officials are holding a virtual webinar on these new beneficial ownership reporting requirements, how to file, and how the law affects Tribal businesses.

The Native CDFI Relending Demonstration program is designed to improve homeownership opportunities for Native American Tribes, Alaska Native Communities, and Native Hawaiian Communities in rural areas. The program provides mortgage lending capital to Native CDFIs through a 33-year loan at one percent interest, with a three-year payment deferral at loan onset.

NeighborWorks America’s National Training Institute is August 26-30, 2024 in Pittsburg, PA. Registration is now open until July 29th.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), with support from Citi Foundation, that is building a more diverse CDFI workforce through a two-pronged human capital strategy to expose diverse candidates to the field of community finance.

For Native people living in rural areas with scarce housing stock, manufactured units can be a practical homeownership choice. Financing these manufactured homes, though, can cost Native borrowers on reservations two times what it would cost a white borrower off reservation.

Addressing the vast backlog of unmet Native homeownership interest requires tapping into more financial and technical resources. These enterprising local lenders are calling on their mainstream bank counterparts to help them meet the long-overlooked credit needs of 1.3 million Native people living in American Indian Areas.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has extended the application deadlines for when currently Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) must reapply for CDFI Certification using the revised version of the CDFI Certification Application.