The Community Loan Fund was able to catch up with Jennifer DeGroff, a Graduate of the 9-Week Business Course, and Owner of TrueIcon Inc. Jen DeGroff, Founder of TrueIcon Inc., helps individuals and teams break through hidden barriers to find their voice, confidence, and inner strength. Drawing on 11 years in marketing strategy and data analytics, an [Read More]

The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region (CLF) seeks an experienced Director of Development & Community Relations to join its senior leadership team. This role is primarily responsible for securing the resources needed to sustain and grow lending and programs through diversified fundraising streams, including major gifts, investments, annual appeals, capital campaigns, planned giving, grants, special events, digital engagement and [Read More]

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Albany, NY- Dorian Wells has been named the fifth Executive Director in the history of the Community Loan Fund. Previously serving as the organization's Sr. Lending Director, Wells has been with the organization for fourteen years. "I'm humbled and honored to be named Executive Director," Wells said in a statement to the Albany Business Review. "For fourteen years, I have seen [Read More]

Albany, NY- Celebrating 200 years of service to communities across the United States, KeyBank announced earlier this year the creation of a $5.4M special grant program designed to strengthen Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI's). This program, which was launched in 27 markets across the country, focused on supporting affordable housing and small business growth in communities where the support is most [Read More]

Albany, NY- The Community Loan Fund is proud to announce that it has officially received its recertification from the U.S Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. This certification comes following a comprehensive and rigorous new application process implemented in December 2023, which required all CDFI’s nationwide to reapply under significantly more stringent guidelines. CDFI Certification means that an organization [Read More]