The Community Loan Fund is expanding our team! We are currently hiring for a "Development Coordinator" who will be the staff member handling investor capitalization, donor fundraiser transactions, and relationship-building with investors. To learn more about the position, please read the job description below. To apply, visit our job posting on Indeed or email us with your resume and cover letter directly [Read More]

The Community Loan Fund is proud to announce the hiring of two new staff members who have recently joined our organization! Elionor Issac has joined the Community Loan Fund as our new Bookkeeper and Ruth Kassel, Ph.D has joined as Director of Operations for the Community Investment Trust (CIT). Elionor Issac joins us with multiple years of experience in the financial sector [Read More]

https://youtu.be/IPqHKrbGj_8   On Friday, April 21st, the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region reached a milestone that many CDFI's aspire to attain. We are proud to announce that we closed on our 1,000th loan! From 1985 to now, the Community Loan Fund has distributed over 73 Million dollars in loans to neighboring small businesses and non-profit organizations throughout the Capital [Read More]

The Community Loan Fund recently received 1.2 Million Dollars from the U.S Treasury Department as part of their 1.73 Billion Dollar CDFI Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP). These funds are to be used by CDFI's across the country to assist low-to-moderate income communities recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Funds for the program were authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. [Read More]