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]

Emma Ruth's Soulful Cuisine and Catering, Inc. is the dream enterprise of Mark Manigault, a local chef who has been cooking since he was a child in his mother’s kitchen. Emma Ruth’s is a tribute to Mark’s late mother who passed in 2008. She always expressed her love through her food and taught Mark how to cook with [Read More]

Executive Director Linda MacFarlane has announced her retirement from the Community Loan Fund. Under her leadership over the past eleven years, the Community Loan Fund has grown its small business and nonprofit loan portfolio dramatically while expanding public-private partnerships to serve the community. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Loan Fund played an essential role administering relief grants for small businesses [Read More]