CDFI Fund Releases Most Comprehensive CIIS Data on CDFI Program Awardee Reporting to Date

The CDFI Fund released today ten years of data provided by Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) through its data collection system, known as the Community Investment Impact System (CIIS). The data collected covers fiscal years (FY) 2003 through 2012.

The release contains Institution Level Report (ILR) data on 592 CDFIs that have reported to CIIS. In general, these CDFIs have provided information on their operation, financial status, and impact in their communities. A previous data release in 2011 consisted of ILR data on 534 CDFIs that had reported to CIIS from FY 2004 through 2010.

Additionally, Transaction Level Report (TLR) data was also released to the public detailing how CDFIs provide loans or investments in low-income communities. The data file includes the features and location of over 300,000 individual loans and investments totaling more than $19 billion made by 339 CDFIs. A previous data release in 2011 consisted of TLR data on 239 CDFIs that had reported to CIIS from FY 2004 through 2010.

Data Background

As part of compliance requirements, award recipients under the CDFI Program are required to submit information through CIIS within six months after the close of their fiscal year. This includes the ILR and the TLR. The ILR release includes a total of more than 60 variables describing CDFIs' profiles such as the ethnics and geography areas that a CDFI had served, staffing levels, financial status, and services and training provided. The TLR release includes a total of 17 variables detailing CDFIs' financing activities in an area, including loan or investment structure and location. Documentation of the data is provided in a short report detailing the CIIS CDFI Program data. All ILR and TLR data released to the public are masked to protect the identity of individual CDFIs.

The CDFI Fund's summary presentation is available below. The full data release can be viewed on the CDFI Fund's website at www.cdfifund.gov/research.

• CIIS Data Release Snapshot Presentation

For more information about the CDFI Fund and its programs, please visit www.cdfifund.gov or view the CDFI Fund's program fact sheets.