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CDFI Publish Date

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Recipients Collectively Increased Lending and Services to Nation’s Most Distressed Areas by over $1.1 billion

In February, the CDFI Fund shared a blog post on how the federal government will stop using the Dun & Bradstreet issued Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to uniquely identify entities. Entities who conduct business with the federal government will use a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) created in SAM.gov.

As a reminder for fiscal year (FY) 2022 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) applicants, the deadline for online submission of the SF-424 through Grants.gov for this year’s CDFI Program and NACA Program funding rounds is March 14, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today that it received 199 applications under the calendar year (CY) 2021 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today opened the fiscal year (FY) 2022 application period for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program. A total of up to $500 million in bond guarantee authority is available for Eligible Community Development Financial Institutions (Eligible CDFIs) in FY 2022.

Effective March 18, 2022, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will begin utilizing the new System for Award Management (SAM) issued Unique Entity Identifier (

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding round for the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) today.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

Over $1.1 Billion in Increased Investments, Lending and Services in Highly Distressed Communities and to CDFIs

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today the application data for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 round of its Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program).