CDFI Friendly Bloomington @cdfifriendlybtn
Increasing flexible & affordable financing to businesses, housing developers, nonprofits, and others in Bloomington, Monroe County & the Indiana Uplands. cdfifriendlybtown.org Bloomington, Indiana Joined November 2020-
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Congrats to our friends @bloomingtoncoop! Together with @LEAF_Fund, @cdfifriendlybtn, @citybloomington, and a private investor, BCL closed a construction loan this week to renovate the building next to MiddleEarth, creating 12 units of affordable housing! Watch them grow!
CDFI Friendly Bloomington has a new Executive Director! We're pleased to welcome Jane Kupersmith. Click the link to learn more about Jane. cdfifriendlybtown.org/2023/02/27/jan…
Happy Birthday to our Executive Director, Brian Payne! Brian has led CFB since 2019, and we are grateful for his values-driven leadership, collegial spirit, and commitment to community development in the Indiana Uplands. Please join us in sending your birthday wishes to Brian!
We partner with the City of Bloomington, IN of Bloomington & IFF (CDFI) to improve building efficiency for local nonprofit organizations interested in energy efficiency loans. Reach out to [email protected] or [email protected] to learn more! Happy 🌎 Day!
We are full of appreciation in the days after our event on Thursday! Thank you to our community attendees, presenters, hosts and board members who made this event such a success!
The Community Foundation is looking for its next Controller! You will manage the financial functions of @CoFoundationBMC, @ROIIndiana & @cdfifriendlybtn. Experience in fund accounting, investments, & integrated accounting systems. Apply by May 1. cfbmc.org/controller-job…
Today is the day! Join us for Appetizers & Opportunities with CDFI Friendly Bloomington, beginning at 3:30pm at the FAR Center. All are welcome for this community event!
T-minus 48 hours until our community event, Appetizers & Opportunities with CDFI Friendly B-town. Join us at 3:30pm at the FAR Center for community connections, food & drinks, and engaging CDFI presentations!
Together with the Community Investment Fund of Indiana (CIFI), CDFI Friendly Bloomington financed the public art commission of the Trades District Garage in Bloomington, IN. Join us on Thursday, April 14th for our event to learn more about other CDFI Friendly B-town projects!
April 14th is coming up fast, and we hope you can join the fun as we share more about CDFI Friendly Bloomington & celebrate with supporters and friends. Please RSVP by this Friday, April 1st at the following link: eventcreate.com/e/cdfifriendly….
CDFI Friendly Bloomington brings flexible, affordable financing to the Indiana Uplands by acting as a bridge between CDFIs and great projects. CDFIs may not be familiar with our market, and we can help identify & promote opportunities that are a great fit for their financing.
CDFIs can fund a variety of projects in support of community development. Check out a few common areas of investment in the figure below. By no means is this list exhaustive! We are always talking to folks with exciting and innovative ideas for CDFI investment.
Calling all South Bend small businesses! Join us for a webinar on March 29 with @cdfifriendlysb. Learn about A4CB’s capital and coaching offerings and CDFI Friendly South Bend’s referral services to local businesses for technical assistance. Register: bit.ly/3CVWoY0
Take a look at what CDFIs can offer your community. We'll describe these benefits at length during our event, coming up on April 14th! We hope to see you there.
Great chatting with the Monroe County Affordable Housing Advisory Commission this morning. Thank you to Mary Morgan for the invitation to present CDFI Friendly Bloomington's work in the region!
Introducing Liz Beebe, our new Assistant Director! Liz works closely with our Indiana Uplands communities and develops prospects for the organization by cultivating partners among our region’s nonprofits, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. Welcome, Liz!
A 3% Interest Small Business Loan? Our friends at Allies for Community Business (CDFI) in Chicago have extended this special rate! Join us on March 29th at 11AM to learn more about this and other resources. Just RSVP for the link HERE. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @Allies4CB #CDFI
Save the Date! We hope you can join us for an afternoon of refreshments and education about the benefits working with CDFI Friendly Bloomington can bring. We hope to see you there!
CFA is thrilled to witness the early impact of @CDFIFriendlyFW in this recent article in the @FortWorthReport. We are excited to see their impact increase tenfold! #CDFIs #DFW
CFA is thrilled to witness the early impact of @CDFIFriendlyFW in this recent article in the @FortWorthReport. We are excited to see their impact increase tenfold! #CDFIs #DFW
As this #BlackHistoryMonth draws to a close, CFA aims to highlight Black-led CDFIs that invest in underserved communities. Black-led CDFIs are the backbone of the CDFI world, providing resources to Black communities so that they may support future generations of Black Americans.
John Zody @johnzody
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Landlocked Music @landlockedmusic
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Harold Pettigrew @HaroldPettigrew
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Kerry Thomson for May.. @KerryforBtown
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Nikos Zirogiannis @Nikos_ziro
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Sam Centellas @SamSpeakerGuy
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CDFI Coalition @CDFICoalition
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SBA | Office of Nativ.. @SbaNative
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CDFI Friendly Fort Wo.. @CDFIFriendlyFW
70 Followers 7 Following Connecting Fort Worth’s under-served communities with flexible, patient CDFI financing.
ReinvestmentFund @reinvestfund
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IFFcdfi @IFFcdfi
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snebtor @snebtor
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Zach Komes @ZachKomes
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Sarah Vaughan @Sarahondeck
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CCLF @cclfchicago
1K Followers 841 Following Chicago Community Loan Fund provides low-cost, flexible financing and hands-on technical assistance to community developers in the Chicago metropolitan region.
Aeris @AerisInsight
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Ivan Gonzalez @kingsshare95
759 Followers 2K Following Beautiful wife- Elsa, 2 amazing sons, their wives & 5 grand-daughters! Helping to launch & build Social Enterprise ecosystems
The Greater Bloomingt.. @ChamberBloom
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Cinnaire @Cinnaire
1K Followers 1K Following We invest in people and places to transform lives through equitable financial and development solutions. #CDFI #AdvancingCommunities
Patrick McGuire @patrickrmcguire
801 Followers 810 Following he/him | Working on technology equity in South Bend!
Thomas Rainbolt (he/h.. @ThomasRainbolt
331 Followers 2K Following Potentially influential/definitely tired, urban sustainability/political econ scholar, IU '22 Chatham ‘24. blm. Views are entirely my own. RT/follow≠endorsement
The Mill @dimension_mill
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PCG Loan Fund @PCGLoanFund
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CDFI Friendly South B.. @cdfifriendlysb
73 Followers 75 Following Working to connect with local borrowers, understand their capital needs, then match them to lenders to meet these needs.
Mark Pinsky @markapinsky
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CDFI Friendly America @CDFIfriendly
219 Followers 139 Following Building bridges between under-financed communities & the CDFI resources they deserve.
CFBMC @CoFoundationBMC
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NCRC @NCRC
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GerryDick @GerryDick
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Bloomington Planning .. @BloomPlanTrans
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Community Kitchen @monroe_ck
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Arabella Advisors @arabellaadvisor
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NCIF @NCIF
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CDBA @CDBankers
841 Followers 828 Following The national trade association of community development banks. We are the voice & champion of banks with a mission of serving low & moderate income communities.
Inclusiv @InclusivCDCUs
2K Followers 2K Following Inclusiv empowers its member credit unions to advance financial inclusion through advocacy, education, technology, and impact investment. Celebrating 50 years!
Gary Cunningham @JustPowerG
2K Followers 791 Following Loves sci-fi, biking, grandchildren and my wife @BetsyHodges
CDFI Friendly Fort Wo.. @CDFIFriendlyFW
70 Followers 7 Following Connecting Fort Worth’s under-served communities with flexible, patient CDFI financing.
WFIU/WTIU News @WFIUWTIUNews
6K Followers 176 Following Local, state and national news from the WFIU/WTIU Newsroom. South-central Indiana’s @NPR @PBS affiliate. Top news in your inbox ➡️ https://t.co/qKSOPVHE4J
CDFI Coalition @CDFICoalition
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The CDFI Fund @CDFIFund
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CRF USA @crf_usa
1K Followers 409 Following CRF empowers community economic development and supports other mission-driven organizations by providing innovative financial products and services.
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Limestone Post @limestonepost
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Following a light breakfast reception, the program will run from 9:00 am to 1 pm and will include lunch. Afterward, prospective borrowers will have the opportunity to meet with CDFIs from 1:30 - 2:30 pm to discuss their financing needs!
Curious about the progress we have been making? Join us on June 29th for CDFI Friendly Fort Worth: What’s Next?. We will share the status of #CDFI financing and our plan for the coming months, and hear from several important voices in our community! RSVP: lnkd.in/dWm6A46u
“Yes I know a CDFI that could finance that…” We said that a lot this morning at the Food for Thought event at the new @sjcplib Ballroom. Thank you to all the institutions, organizations, and people who stopped by our table. Want to learn more? Send us a message.
Williams College, a small private liberal arts school in northwestern Massachusetts, plans to eliminate loans and work-study employment from its financial aid packages and replace those funds with grants. wapo.st/3Mnl53c
Congratulations to IFF client @CFA_Columbus, which participated in the @pitch4good competition in #Columbus last week and received one of the largest Philanthropitch awards to date! philanthropitch.org/blog/2022/4/12…
Congratulations to @cdfifriendlybtn on its achievements as the lead #cdfifriendly community in the U.S.! I am thrilled to see it doing so much for so many.
We are full of appreciation in the days after our event on Thursday! Thank you to our community attendees, presenters, hosts and board members who made this event such a success!
W/ affordable apartments, a unique live/work unit set aside for a local artist, and ground floor retail space, The 801 is meeting multiple community needs. Take a photo tour of the #transitorienteddevelopment by @TCBCommunities to learn more. #CDFIsInvest iff.org/photo-tour-the…
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're celebrating our women CEO members who are making an impact in the communities they serve. Della Clark is the President of @PhilaTEC, an organization at the forefront of its region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Learn more > theenterprisecenter.com/about
Concluding #BlackHistoryMonth by commemorating those who fought for civil rights and will never be recognized. The brave, spirited, and intellectual voices that have been cut out of history. Admiration for inspiring figures should continue beyond the shortest month of the year.
We are so grateful for the opportunity to showcase Black entrepreneurs and leaders throughout this month! Black history keeps on being made year round, and it's always a good time to educate ourselves. #BLM #BlackHistoryMonth
In 2005, CDFI industry leaders dreamed of the day when CDFIs would be featured in a Super Bowl ad because they are important and deserving of worldwide attention and support. This past Sunday, that dream became a reality.
We’re committed to helping America get back up on its feet. In an effort to continue our support of communities across America, Budweiser is proud to partner with the Small Business Relief Fund housed at Accion Opportunity Fund (@AOFundTweets).
#Indiana #Nonprofits: We would like to invite you to join the virtual @INCommDev Annual Summit tomorrow, from 9am to 5pm (ET). Connect with us at IFF’s virtual table to catch up during the break sessions. View the agenda and register: prosperityindiana.org/Summit
Following last month's launch event, @cbrooks110, Chief Equity Officer for the City of #FortWorth, sat down with the hosts of the #817podcast to break down how we are beginning to connect community members and business owners with #CDFI Funding! bit.ly/817CFFW
Today, CDFI Friendly America joins with so many others to honor the monumental life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CFA looks forward to a future of racial equity and prosperity for Black, Latino, and other under-resourced communities throughout the country. #MLKDay
Congratulations to Ellie Symes and Wyatt Wells of @TheBeeCorp_ for making the Forbes 30 Under 30 list!!!! forbes.com/profile/the-be…
Young professionals are seeking impact careers & impact investors (#CDFIs) are seeking young professionals. We're bringing them together with Impact Jobs: CDFIs 101, a 4 part webinar series cdfis101.org @Cinnaire #impactjobs
#CDFIFriendlyAmerica solves a problem that CRA advocates have struggled with for decades. CDFI Friendly America bridges the gap between banking centers and communities that need flexible, affordable #CDFI financing. @NCRC @cdfifriendlysb @cdfifriendlybtn @CDFIFund @CDFICoalition
#CRA's goal is to reach communities with limited access to flexible lending. @CDFIFriendlyAmerica exists for this reason. See our recent comments on @federalreserve’s proposal. cdfifriendlyamerica.com/blog/cra-comme… @NCRC @CDFICoalition @leagueofcities @usmayors
Women owned businesses taking longer to recover from pandemic losses. #CDFIs can help if you’re struggling. @markapinsky @CDFIfriendlysb @CDFIfriendlybtn @CDFIfriendly @CommFirstFund @Allies4CB
It's taking 3X as long for women-owned businesses to recover from COVID pandemic. bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/…
Are you a local restaurant owner who's incurred costs moving to COVID-safe service? The @CityofSouthBend just announced a partnership with the @SouthBendChmbr to give $2,000 grants to eligible restaurants to reimburse these costs! southbendin.gov/2021/01/29/cit…
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