CDFI Fund Releases Public Data on CDFI Program Awardees Through 2013

The CDFI Fund released today eleven 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 2013.

The release contains Institution Level Report (ILR) data on 728 CDFIs that have reported to CIIS. In general, these CDFIs have provided information on their operations, financial status, and impact in their communities. A previous data release in 2014 consisted of ILR data on 592 CDFIs that had reported to CIIS from FY 2003 through 2012.

Additionally, Transaction Level Report (TLR) data was also released to the public detailing how CDFIs provide loans and investments in low-income communities. The data file includes the features and location of over 350,000 individual loans and investments totaling more than $23 billion made by 370 CDFIs. A previous data release in 2014 consisted of TLR data on 339 CDFIs that had reported to CIIS from FY 2003 through 2012.

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 Institution Level Report (ILR) and the Transaction Level Report (TLR). The ILR release includes a total of 203 variables and 3,030 observations describing CDFIs’ profiles, such as the populations and geography areas that a CDFI had served, staffing levels, financial status, and services and training provided. The TLR release includes a total of 50 variables and 406,959 observations detailing CDFIs’ financing activities in an area, including loan or investment structure and location. Documentation of the data is provided in several reports 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 and full data release is available below.

CIIS Data Release Snapshot Presentation

Data release includes:

• CDFI ILR Instructions
• CDFI TLR Instructions
• CDFI CIIS Data Documentation
• Institution Level Report, 2003 -2013 (releaseILR_fy03_13.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2003 (releaseTLR_fy03.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2004 (releaseTLR_fy04.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2005 (releaseTLR_fy05.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2006 (releaseTLR_fy06.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2007 (releaseTLR_fy07.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2008 (releaseTLR_fy08.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2009 (releaseTLR_fy09.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2010 (releaseTLR_fy10.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2011 (releaseTLR_fy11.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2012 (releaseTLR_fy12.csv)
• Transaction Level Report, 2013 (releaseTLR_fy13.csv)