The CDFI Program FA Awards are opening up for the 2024 round soon, but the process is a complex one and not always easy to follow.

For Baton Rouge’s Neighbors Federal Credit Union, the long wait is finally over. While they were awarded $35 million in a secondary...

Proposed Application Process Would Exclude ‘Significant Swaths’ of Credit Unions A newly released CDFI Fund report might have forced the...

The following is the letter CU Strategic Planning provided in response to the Treasury's request for public comment on the Community...

New Orleans Firemen’s Federal Credit Union has been serving underserved communities since before credit unions officially existed. While...

The Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has, in recent years, accepted applications for its annual Program...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded grants totaling $1.73 billion to 603...

The Treasury's Community Development Financial Institution Fund announced its 2022 Financial Assistance Awards last week, and we were...

We're so pleased to announce that the grant applications CU Strategic Planning facilitated for our clients make up 56% of all this year's...

Jodie Harris, Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), announced...

Credit unions are the original socially responsible lenders, and now Community Development Financial Institution-Certified credit unions...

Community Development Financial Institutions, and those who work with them, are very aware of the many recent changes that have been put...

Note: since the original publication of this article, the CDFI Fund extended the deadline for ERP applications from August 23 to...

“How do you know that about our members?” That’s a common question we get from prospects and clients. We’ve learned the critical nature...

With the click of the “Submit” button on the last of our client FY2022 CDFI FA and TA grant applications, our most intense season is at a...

Half a billion dollars goes to CU Strategic Planning clients in one day; more than all historical and outstanding secondary capital...

CU Strategic Planning is proud to announce that the grant applications we facilitated for our clients make up nearly half of all of this...

The following is the written statement of Stacy Augustine, CU Strategic Planning's President and CEO, provided to the CDFI Fund Advisory...

On Oct. 12, the NCUA announced it has opened the doors for credit unions with both a low-income and minority depository institution...

CU Strategic Planning specializes in writing winning grants applications for The U.S. Treasury's CDFI Financial Assistance Awards, but...