Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)

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Aspen Institute & the Federal Reserve: Achieving Sustainability, Scale, & Impact in Community Development Finance

Starting in April 2005, the Federal Reserve and the Aspen Institute have collaborated on a series of (roughly) quarterly workshops on how to build sustainability in community development. This website contains links to the presentations of these workshops, as well as information about future events.

CEDRIC Research Repository (Federal Reserve, Chicago)

The Chicago Federal Reserve, both through its publication, Profitwise, and through a number of national conferences that it has sponsored, has been an important research center on issues concerning community development financial institutions.

Communities and Banking (Federal Reserve, Boston)

The Boston Federal Reserve publishes the quarterly on-line periodical, Communities & Banking. The site also has links to many other community development finance publications and resources.

Community Development (Federal Reserve, San Francisco)

The San Francisco Federal Reserve publishes the quarterly on-line periodical, Community Investments Online. As well, it maintains the Center for Community Development Investments and a host of on-line resources about Community Reinvestment Act review schedules, an important tool for community groups seeking to keep local financial institutions accountable.

Faith, Hope and Capital

Aired on public television in 2000, this series provides valuable information on building wealth in struggling communities. The "real stories, real people" section is particularly notable, including text of interviews of more than 20 community development finance analysts and practitioners.

Indivisible: Stories of American Community

Indivisible is a national documentary project exploring community life in America today. Through photographs and recorded voices, Indivisible focuses on the real-life stories of struggle and change in twelve communities—from Delray Beach, Florida, to Ithaca, New York; from the North Pacific Coast of Alaska to Chicago's Southwest side; from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to the Yaak Valley, Montana.

PolicyMap

PolicyMap, a project of The Reinvestment Fund, a Philadelphia-based CDFI, allows users to use GIS mapping technology to create custom maps, tables, and charts that help organizations map their social impact investments and better target their work to benefit disadvantaged communities.

Woodstock Institute

Founded in 1973, this Chicago-based research institute promotes community reinvestment and economic development in lower-income and minority communities. It has also served as an important advocacy group, specifically on the issue of enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act provisions that oblige banks to invest in their communities.

Aspen Institute & the Federal Reserve: Achieving Sustainability, Scale, & Impact in Community Development Finance

Starting in April 2005, the Federal Reserve and the Aspen Institute have collaborated on a series of (roughly) quarterly workshops on how to build sustainability in community development. This website contains links to the presentations of these workshops, as well as information about future events.

CEDRIC Research Repository (Federal Reserve, Chicago)

The Chicago Federal Reserve, both through its publication, Profitwise, and through a number of national conferences that it has sponsored, has been an important research center on issues concerning community development financial institutions.

Communities and Banking (Federal Reserve, Boston)

The Boston Federal Reserve publishes the quarterly on-line periodical, Communities & Banking. The site also has links to many other community development finance publications and resources.

Community Development (Federal Reserve, San Francisco)

The San Francisco Federal Reserve publishes the quarterly on-line periodical, Community Investments Online. As well, it maintains the Center for Community Development Investments and a host of on-line resources about Community Reinvestment Act review schedules, an important tool for community groups seeking to keep local financial institutions accountable.

Faith, Hope and Capital

Aired on public television in 2000, this series provides valuable information on building wealth in struggling communities. The "real stories, real people" section is particularly notable, including text of interviews of more than 20 community development finance analysts and practitioners.

Indivisible: Stories of American Community

Indivisible is a national documentary project exploring community life in America today. Through photographs and recorded voices, Indivisible focuses on the real-life stories of struggle and change in twelve communities—from Delray Beach, Florida, to Ithaca, New York; from the North Pacific Coast of Alaska to Chicago's Southwest side; from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to the Yaak Valley, Montana.

PolicyMap

PolicyMap, a project of The Reinvestment Fund, a Philadelphia-based CDFI, allows users to use GIS mapping technology to create custom maps, tables, and charts that help organizations map their social impact investments and better target their work to benefit disadvantaged communities.

Woodstock Institute

Founded in 1973, this Chicago-based research institute promotes community reinvestment and economic development in lower-income and minority communities. It has also served as an important advocacy group, specifically on the issue of enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act provisions that oblige banks to invest in their communities.