CDFI Fund: Application Period for FY 2017 Bond Guarantee Program Open
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today opened the fiscal year (FY) 2017 application period for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program. Application materials are available on the CDFI Fund’s website in anticipation of the publication of the Notice of Guarantee Authority (NOGA) in the Federal Register later this…
CDFI Fund: Treasury Announces $7 Billion Allocation of New Market Tax Credits
Largest single round in the history of the New Markets Tax Credit Program will spur economic, community development in nation’s distressed and low-income communities WASHINGTON–Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced that 120 organizations nationwide will receive a total of $7 billion in New Markets Tax Credit…
CDFI Fund: Treasury Guarantees $265 Million in Bond Funding for Projects in Low-Income Communities
Washington, DC—the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today that two bonds, totaling $265 million, were issued on behalf of four CDFIs in fiscal year (FY) 2016. A total of $1.11 billion has been guaranteed since the inception of the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, which provides long-term, fixed-rate capital…
CDFI Fund: U.S. Treasury Awards $185 Million for Community Development in Low-Income Communities
Funds Support CDFI Investment and Revitalization Activity in Distressed Urban, Rural and Native Communities Washington-The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 196 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) $185.7 million in grants and loans today. The awards, through the fiscal year (FY) 2016 rounds of the Community Development Financial…
CDFI Fund: Winners Announced of the 2016 CDFI Prize Competition
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2016 CDFI Prize Competition. Eight organizations will receive an aggregate total of $1 million to reward innovative ideas and approaches to increasing CDFI investment and access to capital in underserved rural areas, particularly those…
CDFI Fund: US Treasury Announces Over $90 Million in Awards for Affordable Housing
Over $900 Million in Private Sector Investment to be Leveraged by Capital Magnet Awards The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 32 organizations nearly $91.5 million in grants today for the development of affordable housing and community facilities in low-income communities. These awards were made through the fiscal…
CDFI Fund: The Fund’s Lisa Jones Wins Service to America Medal
Ceremony Honoring Ms. Jones and Other Outstanding Federal Workers Tonight The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is extremely proud to share with you that Lisa M. Jones will receive one of eight Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for her pioneering work to launch the CDFI Bond…
CDFI Fund: Public Data for NMTC Program for 2003-2014 Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today released data collected on New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investments across the nation through fiscal year (FY) 2014. The CDFI Fund requires all Community Development Entities (CDEs) that have been awarded NMTC allocations to submit an annual report detailing how they…
CDFI Fund: Public Data for NMTC Program for 2003-2014 Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today released data collected on New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investments across the nation through fiscal year (FY) 2014. The CDFI Fund requires all Community Development Entities (CDEs) that have been awarded NMTC allocations to submit an annual report detailing how they…
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…