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Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF), a nonprofit organization and certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), is the nations leader in bringing capital to public and private, nonprofit community development lenders through the secondary market for community development loans. Formed in 1988, CRF has injected more than $1 billion into low-income and economically disadvantaged communities around the country to help stimulate job creation and economic development, ...

Author: crfusa09; Tags: community development job creation

By just about anyone's standards, the Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises (FAHE) could have been considered a highly successful CDFI back in 2004. Founded in 1980 to reduce systemic poverty in Central Appalachia by improving housing and creating economic opportunity, FAHE had established itself as an innovative mortgage lender as well as the leader of a member-based network of more than 40 community agencies dedicated to providing housing solutions to families throughout the region ...

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Author: TheLaprechan; Tags: Introducing CDFIs

The cdfa appears on national TV to talk about CDFIs as an alternative source of credit for small businesses when the banks are unable to lend. Includes interviews with the Glasgow-based CDFI, DSL, and one of its clients.

Author: TheCdfa; Tags: cdfa 12 08

This short film, produced for a series of seminars held jointly by the cdfa and Barclays, gives an overview of the work of CDFIs in the UK. Includes interviews with BEDF (an enterprise-lending CDFI based in Bristol) and its clients.

Author: TheCdfa; Tags: cdfa

IIF, based in Chicago, received a $5.5 million award. Founded in 1990, this rapidly growing CDFI has financed or developed hundreds of nonprofit-owned facilities and real estate projects across the state of Illinois. These projects include child care centers, charter schools, affordable and supportive housing, health clinics, arts and cultural centers, and others that, combined, serve more than 700000 low-income and special needs clients each year. As the Midwests largest CDFI dedicated ...

Author: OpportunityFinance; Tags: wachovia nextawards opportunityfinance nonprofit cdfi macarthur

Homewise, Inc., located in Santa Fe, received the $2.75 million award. Founded in 1986, this innovative CDFI has made loans to help over 1200 households buy and improve their homes and provided homeownership education to more than 3000 people in the New Mexico market. Its user-friendly HomeSmart™ program is designed to help low-and moderate-income families build long-term financial wealth and security by fostering successful homeownership. The organizations comprehensive array of customer ...

Author: OpportunityFinance; Tags: wachovia nextawards opportunityfinance nonprofit cdfi macarthur

Franziska Korn, Stefanie Binder, Sebastian Gürcke, Charlotte Ringmann, Nora Steglich, Franziska Harnisch, Lena Schäfer, Aaron Wilde Beratung: Anna Gawrilow Musik: Sascha Ley Produktion: Medienwerkstatt im CDFI der Universität Greifswald, Bahnhofstr. 50, 17489 Greifswald, www.cdfi.de "Sand in fließender Bewegung. Die spezifischen Materialeigenschaften von Sand ermöglichen die unmittelbare Rhythmisierung von Verdichtung und Transparenz zu Klang und Bild sowie die direkte Umsetzung ...

Author: trickfilmnoir; Tags: sandanimation stop motion animation

Meet IFF, the Wachovia NEXT award-winning CDFI. We help nonprofits finance and create better spaces, so they can serve communities better.

Author: IFFKate; Tags: Finance nonprofit real estate services community development midwest

Claus Boesser-Ferrari / Jochen Schambeck "Burn Up": Extract from performance "oil on troulbed waters" with Claus Boesser-Ferrari (guitars), Jochen Schambeck (visuals) Live at Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut, Uni Greifswald, 28.07.2008 Camera: Alice Peragine, Michael Soltau Audio: Alexander Klein © Boesser-Ferrari/Schambeck/cdfi.de 2008 www.boesser-Ferrari.de www.schambeck.de www.cdfi.de

Author: reinerwucher; Tags: Performance Multimedia Kunst Art experimentell Filmmusik Animation Claus Boesser-Ferrari Jochen Schambeck