BEA Award

CDFI Fund: Updated Program Eligibility Information to be Released based on 2016-2020 American Community Survey Census Bureau Data

The Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has established a plan for releasing updated program eligibility information based upon Census Bureau data from the 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS). Eligibility requirements for the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), Capital Magnet Fund (CMF), Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program),…

CDFI Fund: $26 Million in BEA Funds Awarded to Banks that Increased Investments in Severely Distressed Communities

Recipients Collectively Increased Lending and Services to Nation’s Most Distressed Areas by over $1.1 billion The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today $26 million in awards to 158 FDIC-insured banks, through the fiscal year (FY) 2021 round of the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), for increasing…

CDFI Fund: Application Demand for FY 2021 Round of BEA Program Released

Over $1.1 Billion in Increased Investments, Lending and Services in Highly Distressed Communities and to CDFIs 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) 2021 round of its Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). A total of 161 applications were…

CDFI Fund: FY 2021 Funding Round Opened for the Bank Enterprise Award Program

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2021 funding round for the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). Application materials are now available on the BEA Program page of the CDFI Fund’s websitein anticipation of the publication of the FY 2021 Notice of Funds…

CDFI Fund: $25.2 Million Awarded to Banks that Increased Investments in Severely Distressed Communities

Recipients Collectively Increased Lending and Services to Nation’s Most Distressed Areas by $455 million Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today nearly $25.2 million in awards to 138 FDIC-insured banks, through the fiscal year (FY) 2020 round of the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program),…

CDFI Fund: Application Demand for FY 2020 Round of BEA Program Released

Over $469 Million in Increased Investments, Lending and Services in Highly Distressed Communities and to CDFIs 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) 2020 round of its Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). A total of 144 applications were…

CDFI Fund: Application Demand for FY 2020 Round of CDFI Program and NACA Program Released

The fiscal year (FY) 2020 application round for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s (CDFI Fund) Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) closed on April 30, 2020. 588 organizations from across the country requested a total of $535.4 million in awards. Specifically:* 337 organizations requested $337.9 million…

CDFI Fund: FY 2020 Funding Round of BEA Program Is Now Open

​Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2020 funding 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 publication of the FY 2020 Notice of Funds…

CDFI Fund: Public Comments Sought on Uses of Award Report Form for BEA Program, CDFI Program and NACA Program Award Recipients

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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Community…

CDFI Fund: Public Comments Sought on FY 2020-2022 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 (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently, the Community Development…