Dec. 3, 2025 7:39 am
Community Development Financial Institutions: Neighborhood Lifelines
Community Development Financial Institutions are having to once again prove their value at a time when many neighborhoods can least afford to lose them. In Philadelphia, that pressure is colliding with both the recent near-shutdown of the federal CDFI Fund and a growing wave of locally rooted innovation aimed at small businesses and young people. […]
purpose
Jul. 1, 2021 8:31 am
This is what individuals who invest in CDFIs want you to know
"If you are an investor, you can be an impact investor. CDFIs are the ultimate double bottom line investment – earn a return on your principal and see the impact amplified many times over," says ImpactPHL guest columnist Pam Porter.
method
Feb. 25, 2021 1:34 pm
Money for less. Respect for free
As the devastation from COVID becomes fully realized, there will be a massive wave of nonperforming loan exposure. Lenders know this is coming, but what they may not fully grasp is that they have the ability to avoid it, says guest columnist Michele Corson.
results
Jan. 9, 2014 1:42 pm
Supporters of New Market Tax Credit Program Hope for Extension
The Karabots Pediatric Care Center in W. Philadelphia used NMTCs to draw investment New Market Tax Credits, established by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, are in danger of drying up if Congress decides not to extend the federal program. Legislation was introduced to make the credit permanent, but a push to cut […]