Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

• NCUA Nominee’s Long and Winding Road: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 20, 2013

  Last week Credit Union Times, via CUTimes.com, broke the story that former Oregon Senator Rick Metsger was going to the be the White House’s nominee to fill the vacant seat on the NCUA Board, later confirmed by the administration.

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  NCUA Nominee’s Long and Winding Road: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 16, 2013

  If recent history is any indicator, nomination to the NCUA Board is no assurance of joining the NCUA Board, at least not quickly.

• Credit Unions Now Getting the Hang of CDFI Grant Requests

  By David Morrison  |  February 6, 2013

  As some credit unions around the country gear up to apply for grant money from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, there are indications that credit unions are gradually becoming more sophisticated about navigating the grant writing process.

• CU Strategic Planning Temporarily Shutting Doors to New Clients

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  January 4, 2013

  Demand for help in seeking Community Development Financial Institutions Fund grants prompts move.

• Federation Aiming Squarely at New Low-Income CUs

  By David Morrison  |  October 22, 2012

  Under the leadership of a new chief executive, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has set its sights on helping the 623 credit unions that have accepted NCUA's offer for a low-income designation take advantage of their new status.

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  National Federation Aiming Squarely at New Low-Income CUs: Print Preview

  By David Morrison  |  October 18, 2012

  New executive director's focus on helping nearly 700 credit unions newly committed to low-income credit union designation. Get the story early in this print preview.

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  CDFI Awards Seek to Make Big Impact on Underserved

  By David Morrison  |  August 27, 2012

  Money from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s latest round of funding will help credit unions offer members alternatives to high cost payday and auto loans, improved savings options, financial education and loans to bring fresh food into neighborhoods that currently do not have any, according to...

• CDFI Fund Provides $15 Million to Industry

  By David Morrison  |  August 20, 2012

  Twenty-four credit unions or credit union organizations received grant assistance from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund in the latest round of funding.

• ASI Says Some CDFI Money Going to Fight ‘Food Deserts’

  By David Morrison  |  August 13, 2012

  New Orleans credit union plans to use $2 million of grant for low-interest loans to existing grocers to help improve fresh produce inventory.

• CDFI Fund Awards Include 23 Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 6, 2012

  Community Development Financial Institutions grant $187 million to 210 organizations.