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Catalyzing Capital for Communities

How community finance is scaling impact with historic momentum

This October, Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) practitioners gathered at the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) conference to celebrate big milestones: the conference marked OFN’s 40th anniversary, 2024 is the 30th anniversary of the national CDFI fund, and 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of credit unions. Now an industry with billions of dollars from the federal government poised to deploy in communities across the country, community finance is entering what OFN CEO Harold Pettigrew called the “Third Wave of CDFIs.”

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A storyteller at heart, Elizabeth Gilbert Kaetzel, an Impact Entrepreneur correspondent, has nearly a decade of experience implementing communications strategies within the social impact sector. As Founder of Narratur Studio, she specializes in crafting messaging that aligns with organizations' values and advances their social impact and capital goals. Elizabeth’s work ... Read more

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