U.S. Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

• New Orleans CU Fights Food 'Deserts'

  By David Morrison  |  October 10, 2011

  An innovative community development credit union that serves the greater New Orleans area is one of 12 financial institutions to receive federal grant money to help improve the quality of food in their areas.

• ASI Federal Gets CDFI Grant to Help Grocers

  By David Morrison  |  September 19, 2011

  Talks already under way with Ninth Ward merchants, CU says.

• Three Established CUs and One CU Organizing Effort Receive CDFI Money

  By David Morrison  |  August 25, 2011

  Credit union efforts in Hawaii and South Dakota benefit.

• CDFI Fund Awards More Than $28 Million

  By David Morrison  |  July 24, 2011

  Fourteen credit unions and organizations that work with credit unions received $1.5 million each from the latest round of awards from the U.S. Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. Their totals were part of more $28 million that went to 27 credit unions and supporting organizations.

• More than $28 Million Moves to CDCUs in Latest CDFI Round

  By David Morrison  |  July 19, 2011

  Foourteen credit unions and supporting organizations awarded $1.5 million each from Treasury program.

• 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.