CDFI Coalition

• Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Faces FY 2011 Funding Ax

  By David Morrison  |  February 23, 2011

  The gap between politicians that support funding the U.S. Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and those who don't may have become the widest ever last week

• Sharp Cuts in CDFI Funding Proposed

  By David Morrison  |  February 14, 2011

  The House Appropriations Committee has proposed cutting $197 million from the budget of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund for this fiscal year.

• More Requests, Less Funding Means a Leaner CDFI Round

  By David Morrison  |  January 19, 2011

  Community development credit unions may receive less money on a per credit union basis from the U.S. Treasury's

• CDFI Coalition Cautiously Optimistic About CDFI Fund in New Congress

  By David Morrison  |  January 7, 2011

  The CDFI Coalition, a group of community development financial institutions that support the Treasury Department's CDFI Fund, is cautiously optimistic the program will survive the federal budget process without major cuts.

• CDFI Building Congressional Support

  By David Morrison  |  March 18, 2010

  In the wake of a hearing before the House Committee on Financial Services last week, community development financial institutions, including some credit unions, are trying to build legislative support for their agenda.