The Disability Opportunity Fund exists to finance solutions which benefit people with disabilities and their families. Created in 2007, DOF bridges the disability market and CDFIs which have the necessary infrastructure and resources to address the continuing needs of this growing market.
TruFund’s helps historically disadvantaged individuals and communities create thriving small businesses to ensure a just economy. We provide business run by women and people of color and those in low and moderate-income areas with affordable financing and training and advice.
BOC Capital’s (BCC) mission is to improve the economic prospects of traditionally underserved groups, with a focus on low and moderate (LMI) income entrepreneurs and their communities, and thereby create genuinely brighter futures. BCC is defined by its commitment to furthering economic inclusion for diverse small businesses by collaborating to deploy innovative and flexible lending products to communities.
Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) has a 30-year history as the country’s only CDFI with an exclusive focus on lending to supportive housing (SH) projects, which combine affordable housing (AH) with supportive services. Housing is a platform for services to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people, maximize public resources and build healthy communities.
Southern Chautauqua FCU’s mission is to meet the diverse financial needs of its low-wealth members by providing innovative programs and services that materially improve their lives.
The Habitat NYC Community Fund supports low-to-moderate income New Yorkers by lending affordable capital to multi-family affordable housing developments and affordable housing developers. Our loan products can be leveraged with other capital for critical housing needs including the repair or improvement of building systems, renewable/energy efficiency modifications, and municipal debt consolidation; as well as, pre-development and construction loans for the creation of new housing.
For more than 30 years Community Capital New York has provided predevelopment, feasibility, and bridge loans to nonprofit affordable housing developers to address the housing crisis in the Hudson Valley where more than 35 percent of all households do not make enough to cover the basic cost of living and lack affordable housing options in the counties where they work.
The Leviticus Fund supports transformative solutions that serve low-income and vulnerable people by combining flexible capital from social impact investors and contributors with knowledge-sharing to create sustainable and affordable communities.
The Center for NYC Neighborhoods offers services directly to homeowners; re-grants to housing counselors and legal service providers and advocacy efforts statewide with a focus in NYC. The Center wholly owns Sustainable Neighborhoods, LLC (SN, our CDFI) which as a ‘disinterested entity’ is a charitable nonprofit.
Founded in 2007–as the first bank to headquarter in the South Bronx in 25 years and the first B Corp Bank in New York State—our mission is to pursue a double bottom line, serving the needs of underserved consumers and small businesses in the New York City area, providing transparent and affordable banking products and services.
Women’s Venture Fund (WVF) has been operating as a Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) since 1997. Since then, we have focused on assisting women entrepreneurs, particularly women of color, to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams in New York and New Jersey. We provide technical assistance to increase their business development skills, guide clients through credit issues, and lend the capital needed to grow their businesses.
The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region is a nonprofit community development financial institution serving the Capital Region of New York State — Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren & Washington Counties. Incorporated in 1985, our mission is to promote sustainable community development efforts for economically underserved people and communities.
The Enterprise Center is an affiliate of PathStone Corporation, a multi-state community development corporation. PathStone has been providing human, social and development services to low-income individuals and communities since 1969. PathStone established the Enterprise Center in 1997, and it became designated as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 1998.
Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC) was founded in 1997 by Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE). REDC has established itself within the AAPI small business community and beyond. It has provided over $55MM in loans to 2,500 small businesses and helped to retain and create over 6,000 jobs in NYC. REDC’s mission is to transform LMI communities in NYC by increasing economic opportunity and improving the business climate for the disadvantaged, LMI immigrant and minority populations.
Seed Commons is a national network of locally-rooted, non-extractive loan funds that brings the power of big finance under community control. By taking guidance from the grassroots and sharing capital and resources to support local cooperative businesses, we are building the infrastructure necessary for a truly just, democratic and sustainable new economy.
Ponce Bank serves our communities by providing personal banking to customers most banks ignore, emphasizing financial mastery for all, and promoting local economic development. Founded in the South Bronx in 1960 by Latino business and community leaders, now a $1.5 billion MDI, CDFI and SBA lender with 13 banking and 7 mortgage offices in New York City’s metropolitan area.
Home HeadQuarters is committed to improving neighborhoods by increasing the availability of capital to residents in those neighborhoods who have traditionally not been afforded access to conventional financing for home improvements and home ownership loan products.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (NHSNYC), through financial empowerment and affordable lending, enables individuals and families to invest, preserve and improve their homes and their future. This includes: financial and homeownership education, loan origination and mortgage facilitation that supports attainment/sustainability for underserved New Yorkers. Our ultimate goal is help New Yorkers achieve a stable home.
