CDFI Fund: Next CDFI Certification Agreement Webinar Scheduled for June 12th
Reminder: Next CDFI Certification Webinar is June 12th 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…
CDFI Fund: Acceptance of New Community Development Entity Certification Applications Will Pause on June 2, 2025
Beginning June 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will pause acceptance of new applications for certification as a Community Development Entity (CDE). The CDFI Fund will implement this “blackout” period to allow the CDFI Fund to review and plan for possible policy and system improvements to streamline…
CDFI Fund: Upcoming CDFI Certification Deadline and Service Request Cutoff Date Announced
Last June, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released the General Reapplication Submission Deadlines for the CDFI Certification Application for all Certified CDFIs. The first reapplication submission window, Window 1, closes on May 31, 2025. To avoid delays or loss of Certification, organizations must act now to prepare their submissions and resolve outstanding issues. Cut-off for…
CDFI Fund: Virtual TLR Office Hours for General CDFI Recertification Applicants Announced
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will now host four (4) one-hour virtual office hour sessions to help CDFI Certification Applicants understand how to complete the Transaction Level Report (TLR). All organizations are required to submit a TLR as part of their CDFI Certification reapplication and then on an annual basis as part…
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. …