CDFI Fund

CDFI Fund: CDFI Certification Application “Hot Topics” Webinar Scheduled for April 17th

The CDFI Fund’s monthly Certification webinars, which are intended to serve as a forum for potential CDFI Certification Applicants, Certified CDFIs, and other CDFI Certification stakeholders to ask questions and discuss CDFI Certification and the CDFI Certification process, have been scheduled for calendar year 2025. The webinars are open to the general public and do…

CDFI Fund: Updated Calendar Announced for CDFI Certification Monthly Webinars

Additional dates & subject matter briefings added to the calendar The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s (CDFI Fund’s) monthly Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Certification webinars are intended to serve as a forum for potential CDFI Certification Applicants, Certified CDFIs, and other CDFI Certification stakeholders to ask questions and discuss CDFI Certification and the CDFI…

CDFI Fund: Reminders for March Annual Compliance, Certification and Reporting Obligations

Are you the Authorized Representative of either a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) or an organization that has received a Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) Award, Assistance and/or Allocation? If so, to ensure compliance with your Award, Assistance and/or Allocation Agreement(s), you must complete and submit the annual report(s) specified in these…

CDFI Fund: Application Demand for CY 2024-2025 Round of New Markets Tax Credit Program Released

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today that it received 216 applications for the calendar year (CY) 2024-2025 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The NMTC Program advances economic development in economically distressed communities by making tax credit allocations available to Community Development…

CDFI Fund: FY 2025 CDFI Program or NACA Program Applications Due by March 21, 2025

As a reminder for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Applicants, the deadline for online submission of CDFI Program and NACA Program Application materials, including Persistent Poverty County-Financial Assistance (PPC-FA), Healthy Food Financing Initiative-Financial Assistance (HFFI-FA), and Disability Funds-Financial Assistance (DF-FA), through…

CDFI Fund: FY 2025 Housing Production-Financial Assistance (HP-FA) Application Now Available

As part of the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Application round for the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) that opened on January 16, 2025, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is inviting Applicants to compete for approximately $100 million in Housing Production-Financial Assistance (HP-FA) Awards. …

CDFI Fund: Important Reminders for FY 2025 CDFI Program and NACA Program Round Applicants

As a reminder for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Applicants, the deadline for online submission of the SF-424 through Grants.gov for this year’s CDFI Program and NACA Program funding rounds is February 18, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applicants must also have created…

CDFI Fund: Important Information for Organizations Impacted by the California Wildfires

Performance Benchmark and Compliance Deadline Extensions Available Upon Request On January 8, 2025, President Biden issued a major disaster declaration in the State of California for areas affected by wildfires and straight-line winds beginning on January 7, 2025, and continuing. The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will allow organizations affected by the disaster declaration to…

CDFI Fund: New Transaction Level Report Monthly Webinars Announced

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will now host a monthly Transaction Level Report (TLR) webinar. The TLR webinars are intended to serve as a forum for Certified and non-Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to ask questions and discuss the TLR and its submission process. This new series will cover the Full-Length…

CDFI Fund: Important Reminders for FY 2025 CDFI Program and NACA Program Round Applicants

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will host the following webinars for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Round Applicants: Additionally, a Matching Funds Webinar Workshop for CDFI Program Financial Assistance Applicants will be held on February 27, 2025. The CDFI Fund will…