BEA Award

CDFI Fund: Application Demand for FY 2016 Round of BEA Program Released

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today the application data for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 round of its Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). A total of 116 applications were received requesting awards of over $146 million against the $19 million in Program Awards that are…

CDFI Fund: Bank Enterprise Award Program Baseline Analysis and Evaluation Report Available

Now available on the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s (CDFI Fund’s) website is a new evaluation of the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). Commissioned by the CDFI Fund and conducted by A. Reddix and Associates, the Woodstock Institute, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the Bank Enterprise Award Program Baseline Analysis and Evaluation is…

CDFI Fund: Update for FY 2016 Round BEA Program Applicants – Electronic Application Now Available

The electronic application for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 round of the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program) is now available in the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s (CDFI Fund) Awards Management Information System (AMIS). All applicants must be registered in SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and AMIS to apply for funding. Previous applicants should confirm that their…

CDFI Fund: FY 2016 Funding Round of BEA Program Opens

Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2016 application round for the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). Application materials are now available on the BEA Program page of the CDFI Fund’s website in anticipation of the February 24, 2017 publication of the…

CDFI Fund: Request for Public Comment – Bank Enterprise Award Program Application

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the…

CDFI Fund: Request for Public Comment – Bank Enterprise Award Program Interim Rule

The U.S. Department of the Treasury invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on its revised interim rule implementing the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). The purpose of the BEA Program is to provide an incentive to…

CDFI Fund: Award Management Information System (AMIS) Is Available

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) launched the Awards Management Information System (AMIS) in September 2015. AMIS is an enterprise-wide business system that is gradually replacing the myCDFIFund portal. Since the launch we have continued to implement updates and improvements to the AMIS tool, including accepting applications for our award programs directly in…

CDFI Fund: $18 Million in Bank Enterprise Awards Announced

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced $18.1 million in grant awards to 83 FDIC-insured financial institutions for serving economically distressed communities across the nation. These funds are awarded under the fiscal year (FY) 2015 round of the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), and they will…

CDFI Fund: Update for FY 2015 BEA Program Applicants

The CDFI Fund has updated two fiscal year (FY) 2015 Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program) application documents. The revised versions of the “FY 2015 Application and Instructions” and “Certification 4” documents are now available on the CDFI Fund’s website at www.cdfifund.gov/bea and on the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov. The documents have been changed to eliminate instructions which…