During this webinar, CDFA provides an overview of the Program, which includes applicant eligibility, use of grant funds, and intended Program outcomes. The webinar also provides a general overview of application submission best practices and an...

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, panelists discuss how revolving loan funds can be used to support small businesses, entrepreneurs, and microenterprises to strengthen local and regional food systems. The...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, practitioners present strategies and highlight finance programs that are helping to increase access to capital and aiding the creation of successful small businesses.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series, we focus on how communities are diversifying their capital stacks by using tax increment financing (TIF) and special assessments to reimburse brownfield-related costs incurred while...

On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury held an informational webinar on the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP). The webinar also had guest speakers from the...

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, speakers explore the potential for leveraging this foundational financing tool to cultivate resilient and thriving local and regional food systems.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers from federal agencies discuss financing tools and programs available to tribal nations to promote community health, restore local economies, and protect our environment. .

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we illustrate the Reframe, Build, Plan framework of critical success factors that are needed to expand financing and drive capital into local food systems. Speakers discuss how...

On November 6, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department held a webinar outlining the SSBCI Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP) Notice of Funding Opportunity.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers discuss financing tools and programs that tribal nations are using for healthcare facilities that better serve their unique community needs.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, we focus on the activities traditional lending institutions are undertaking in the C-PACE market.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we explore how programs at the state and federal levels can offer unique financing solutions and catalyze investment in local and regional food systems.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, panelists explore how tribal governments are cultivating local food systems with financing solutions that support economic growth and advance community health.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we highlight unique financing structures that drive food systems investment within a geographic footprint.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, speakers provide insights on the recent advancements in C-PACE financing such as recent state legislative activity, along with innovative market-based solutions throughout all segments of...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, development finance experts highlight a variety of finance programs that are helping to increase access to capital for new and existing small business owners.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we explore how these tools can be used in strengthening local and regional food systems and address some of the challenges that come with financing this sector.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers discuss how tribal governments and their partner organizations are working collaboratively to drive sustainable economic development.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, speakers provide an overview of public incentives and financing programs being developed that continue to drive investments in sustainable building systems along with other energy assets.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we take a deeper look at a method of financing that has been building infrastructure, industry, and agriculture for over a century and explore its applications within the food...

During this webinar, CDFA and our members at the St. Louis Development Corporation discuss the bold strategies that St. Louis is taking to infuse economic justice principles into their development finance programs. Also, authors of the St. Louis...

During this webinar, speakers discuss the CDFA Minority Capital Loan Guarantee Program, why the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is investing in DFAs, and how to submit a successful proposal.

The historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will lead to increased energy efficiency and renewable energy projects throughout all market segments. The financial incentives that will be available in 2023 and beyond will make energy efficiency upgrades...

During this installment of the Bricker Webinar Series, speakers provide an overview of the PACE lending history and the influx of traditional lending institutions across the country.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we explore how innovative partnerships are leveraging creative financing approaches to reduce food-related waste along the supply chain.