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November 11, 2015 13:05 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

Minnesota CDFI Receives Small Business Leader Award for Mission-Driven Lenders

DETROIT, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, the Surdna Foundation, and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) awarded a $50,000 grant to Minnesota-based...
November 05, 2015 10:05 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

Moises Loza of Housing Assistance Council to Receive OFN's 2015 Ned Gramlich Award

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) today announced that it will honor Moises Loza, executive director of Housing Assistance Council (HAC), with its 2015...
October 27, 2015 10:06 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

Detroit Nonprofit Wins National Grant to Help City's Most Impoverished Communities

DETROIT, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) today announced that Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (CDC), a nonprofit dedicated to empowering...
October 14, 2015 15:12 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

DETROIT TO HOST OFN ANNUAL CONFERENCE NOV. 9-12

**MEDIA ADVISORY** DETROIT, Oct. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) today announced highlights of its upcoming 2015 Annual Conference, the largest and most...
September 29, 2015 11:12 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

Opportunity Finance Breaks New Ground with $227 MM in Bond Issues

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time ever, lenders with less than $50 million in assets are participating in the U.S. Treasury Department's CDFI Bond Guarantee Program,...
September 18, 2015 10:09 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

NEXT Awards Funds Leading-Edge Consumer Finance Strategies

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance today awarded nearly $6 million to improve financial product offerings and services to consumers....
May 19, 2015 15:17 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

Opportunity Finance Network to Honor Four Members of Congress as Job Creation and Economic Development Champions

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the leading national network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs), will honor Representatives...
October 16, 2014 15:42 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

ANNOUNCING AWARDEES OF THE FIRST-EVER SMALL BUSINESS LEADER AWARDS FOR MISSION-DRIVEN LENDERS

DENVER, Oct. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, the Surdna Foundation, and Opportunity Finance Network awarded $100,000 in grants to two mission-driven...
September 17, 2014 09:55 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

THREE COMMUNITY LENDERS WIN $8.25 MILLION TO TACKLE THE NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance announced today that it will award $8.25 million to three CDFIs—Florida Community Loan Fund,...
August 20, 2014 10:49 ET | Source: Opportunity Finance Network

CLEARINGHOUSE CDFI AND OPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK CLOSE FIRST EVER U.S. TREASURY CDFI BOND: $100 MILLION TO FINANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CA AND NV

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution (Clearinghouse CDFI) and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced today that last...