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Vol. 2 - Issue 17

Many Hands Make Light Work!

Introducing a new resource for NYS CDFI Coalition Members

All Hands Zoom
Friday, July 16
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
RSVP Today!

During the pandemic, the NYS CDFI Coalition board got into a cadence of meeting by Zoom once a week at lunchtime.

These Friday Noon Zooms gave CDFI executives from across the state the chance to compare notes, express frustration, and collaborate on some of the biggest challenges of their careers.

At least one of them has noted that membership in the CDFI Coalition was a lot cheaper than therapy!

We thought it would be a good idea to extend this opportunity to our members, and convene a meeting every other month, where we could share business updates; celebrate milestones and the people who made them possible; and give everyone a chance to ask questions.

What would YOU like to talk about? Funding and financing? Best practices? Legislative issues? Products or services for CDFIs? Special events or job postings like those below? Please take this short survey and let us know!

Members, please register using this link: bit.ly/cdfis-all-hands

Not sure if you're a member? Check your membership status here!

We'll hope to see you at noon on Friday - all hands on deck!

Virtual Peer Learning Event
With Lisa Mensah, Chief Executive Officer, OFN

CDFIs Serving People with Disabilities
Thursday, July 15
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
RSVP Today!

People with disabilities (PWD) are the largest minority group in the United States, comprising 13-20% of the U.S. population – around 50 million people. PWD, and especially those at the intersection of BIPOC and PWD, experience disproportionate financial vulnerability, which has been exacerbated by Covid-19.

A more just and equitable economy, inclusive of PWD, requires the money, strength, and voice of CDFIs.

NDFC Board members Charlie Hammerman and Carla Mannings will kick off this event with a conversation with Lisa Mensah of Opportunity Finance Network, followed by Q&A.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvc-6upjMpGtD9_fXnl-EU8Vgky5FN8eRg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thanks to Charlie Hammerman of the NYS CDFI Coalition Board for passing this along!

Program Officer

The Program Officer will oversee Inclusiv’s financial empowerment activities that are a part of our Inclusiv/Technology set of initiatives. In this role, the Program Officer works directly with community development credit unions and other organizations to provide them with programs and tools that advance financial empowerment and expand financial inclusion in low-income and underserved communities.

Under the supervision of the Director of Technology & Innovation, the Program Officer will lead the expansion and continuous improvement of Inclusiv’s financial empowerment programs and play an important role in building and managing strong relationships with Inclusiv’s strategic partners and funders. Responsibilities will include measuring the impacts of our initiatives on credit unions and the communities they serve by collecting and analyzing relevant program data and drafting reports and grant proposals on our initiatives and their impacts.

Senior Program Officer, Center for Resiliency and Clean Energy

The Senior Program Officer will play work closely with the Director of the Center for Resiliency and Clean Energy to build and cultivate a network of community financial institutions (credit unions, community banks, and CDFI loan funds) committed and enabled to launch or expand green financing programs, with a focus on creating more accessible and affordable clean energy financing solutions in underserved communities.

The Inclusiv Center for Resiliency and Clean Energy has developed an intensive Solar Finance Training Program in partnership with the Center for Impact Finance at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire with seed funding from the Hewlett Foundation. The Center seeks to galvanize the capacity of credit unions to direct capital to solar and other clean energy solutions in communities across the country. This position is based in our New York City office.

For more information visit inclusiv.org/about-us/career-opportunities/

In Case You Missed It!
NYS CDFI Investor Club - CDFI Friday, July 2

If you missed the presentation, you can watch the recording here. If you have not created an Impact Investing Institute account you will need to register before you can view the recording. With the code IFCMasterPass, you can apply a discount code to bypass the $9.95 fee and watch any of the recordings on the Impact Finance Center NYS CDFI Investor Club path for free.

We were delighted to present our second NYS CDFI Quarterly Investor Club event with our partner, Impact Finance Center, on Friday, July 2. This event differs from our monthly informational webinars in that we featured an investor panel, a CDFI panel, AND a series of quick pitches from NYS CDFIs.

This was a great opportunity for our members to highlight the work they're doing in front of an audience of prospective investors - those who watch in real time, as well as those who participate in Impact Finance Center's Impact Investing Institute. The non-profit Institute identifies, trains, and activates individuals and organizations to become impact investors, helping them better align their assets with their values. They are working to move more money to social ventures by creating the infrastructure for a Nationwide Impact Investing Marketplace by 2030 - and NYS CDFI Coalition members are on the list!

Your support of the NYS CDFI Coalition helps us explore new ways of attracting capital to our members, and we're excited about some early interest from investors. Save the date - or RSVP for the next event on Friday, August 6.

If you have questions, drop me a line!

Be well,

Colleen M. Ryan
NYS CDFI Coalition

If the information above is valuable to you, please renew your membership or become a member!

Not sure if your membership is current? Visit our website - if your CDFI is listed in bold - you've paid your dues for 2021. If you have an asterisk* but not bold, you paid in 2020 but not yet this year. If you're not linked at all, we hope you'll join your colleagues from across the state!

The NYS CDFI Coalition is now accepting 2021 membership renewals and applications on our website for your convenience. Please consider lending your support to the NYS CDFI Coalition as a Certified CDFI, Emerging CDFI, or Non-Profit Associate Member (Advocate, Community Organization, University.)

ALSO - we invite Coalition members to submit updates you would like to share with our statewide audience. These include job postings, Events, Success Stories or Guest Posts for consideration. Thank you for all you do!

Our Mission

Our mission is to position CDFIs as the most effective strategy and policy tool to address issues of financial inclusion, housing access and economic opportunity in New York State. Please visit our website to learn more.

In Case You Missed It! NYS CDFI Investor Club - CDFI Friday, July 2

In Case You Missed It!
NYS CDFI Investor Club - CDFI Friday, July 2