Community Loan Fund – News & Events

Name: 9-Week Business Planning Course
Start: 2025-01-22
End: 2025-03-26

Community Loan Fund News

Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region and Local Coalition Launch COVID-19 Grant Program to Assist Small Businesses

April 30 - During this time of unprecedented economic hardship, local banks and community organizations have banded together to launch a new grant program in order to stabilize Capital Region small businesses. The COVID-19 Small Business Continuity Grant Programwill award small businesses up to $20,000 to help them stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Small businesses can use the grant funds to [Read More]

Community Loan Fund ready to support small businesses and nonprofits during COVID-19 crisis

March 17 - As the COVID-19 crisis continues to escalate, the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region wants its clients, colleagues, and borrowers to know that the Community Loan Fund is here for them. “While the health of our staff, clients, and stakeholders is our number one priority, we are steadfast in our commitment to our mission and we are working [Read More]

Community Loan Fund provides training and impact investing opportunities for Millennials through Emerging Investors Network

March 5 - The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region knows that Millennials want to be investors and philanthropists – there’s just a lot that gets in their way: student loan debt, credit card debt, unemployment, shrinking wages. On March 10, the Community Loan Fund, in partnership with Simmons Capital Group, will present a free workshop, “Financial Planning: 5 Tips for [Read More]

Local advocates urge federal government not to strip “Community” out of the Community Reinvestment Act

January 16 - The Community Reinvestment Act was a landmark civil rights law passed in 1977 to end discrimination that was once common in America’s banking and housing markets. The law made a huge difference. A trillion dollars or more went to low- and moderate-income neighborhoods that were once excluded from the American Dream. This year, the Office of the Comptroller of [Read More]

Governor Cuomo Proposes $25 Million in New Funding for CDFIs

January 8 - Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday a proposal to provide $25 million in new seed funding over five years for New York’s CDFI Fund through the creation of the Excelsior Banking Network. Read full announcement here. The proposal, announced in conjunction with his 2020 State of the State agenda, will increase access to safe, affordable bank accounts and small-dollar [Read More]

New Fundraising Program: Loan Fund partners with ReWire

January 7 - ReWire Energy believes in the power of community and giving back. For each Community Loan Fund supporter that subscribes to community solar, they are making a $50 donation to our organization! Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region is proud to partner with ReWire Energy to provide our supporters with access to community solar. No, we are not asking [Read More]

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