Community Development
CDFI Fund Financial Assistance Awards
Competitive Financial Assistance (FA) awards for Certified CDFIs to expand affordable financial products and services in low-income and underserved communities. FA can be provided as loans, grants, equity investments, deposits, and credit union shares, and must be matched dollar-for-dollar with non-federal funds. The CDFI Program also offers Technical Assistance (TA) grants to build organizational capacity, and supplemental Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) FA awards for CDFIs expanding healthy food financing activities.
HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant
Large-scale grants for local partnerships to redevelop distressed public or assisted housing into mixed-income communities with comprehensive neighborhood revitalization.
Solomon Islands Blue Carbon Innovation Challenge
Grants supporting community-led mangrove, seagrass, and coral restoration enterprises across the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Treasury New Markets Tax Credit Program
Permits individual and corporate investors to receive a federal income tax credit in exchange for making equity investments in certified Community Development Entities that finance projects in low-income communities.
USDA Community Facilities Loan & Grant: Funding for Rural Infrastructure
Low-interest loans and grants that help rural communities build and improve essential facilities such as clinics, public safety buildings, and childcare centers.