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.