Loan Impacts
This commonly reported outcome to grantors and investors is measured in ___ created or retained.
What is job creation?
This Native CDFI staff member was the narrator of the first Coalition video titled: "Debunking Myths"?
Who is Ben Sanders?
This federal agency awarded the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition a $45M grant.
What is the Economic Development Administration (EDA)?
This industry has received the highest number of loans through the EDA RLF.
What is the service industry?
This is the number of newspapers that published the RLF press release in February 2025.
What is 11?
This organization provided bridge loans so all Coalition members could participate in the RLF.
What is Mountain Plains CDC (MPCDC)?
This Native CDFI leveraged its Coalition experience to secure an additional $35M EDA grant.
What is Wind River Development Fund (WRDF)?
These peer groups were created by the RLF to foster connection and knowledge-sharing among Native CDFIs.
What are Home Teams?
This industry ranks second in number of loans received through the EDA RLF.
What is the agriculture industry?
This Montana-based loan officer worked with both a BBQ food truck and a basketball gym business featured in RLF press releases.
Who is DJ Fish?
This Native CDFI opened the Eagle Seeker Community Center to support communal learning and cultural connection.
What is Native American Development Corporation (NADC)?
This is the name of the three-part, peer-developed lending series launched in February.
What is Investing Through Relationship?
What is the total EDA RLF deployment goal set for August 2026?
$21.12 M
This Native-owned business that helps local ranchers transport cattle and hay, was featured in both the Billings Gazette and the Missoulian.
What is Elliott Trucking?
This Native CDFI committed $9.5M in 2024 to Native agricultural producers across regions from the Great Plains to the Southwest.
What is Akiptan?
This Native CDFI opened a grocery store, meat market, and mobile processing unit to combat food insecurity in their community after the pandemic.
What is People's Partners for Community Development (PPCD)?
This phrase serves as the Regional RLF’s purpose statement and guiding “north star.”
What is "Inspire Investment Indigenously"?
These three underserved borrower groups are a key focus of the Regional RLF’s lending impact.
What are women, Native, and rural borrowers?
This cultural agreement from the Investing Indigenous video series reflects how lenders find creative solutions to help borrowers reach their financial goals.
What is “Create pathways to yes”?
This Native CDFI piloted a fellowship program honoring a Blackfeet woman known for successfully suing the U.S. government over trust account mismanagement.
What is NACDC Financial Services Inc.?
This strategy is being explored by the Regional RLF to increase capital liquidity.
What are secondary markets?