All 15 credit unions that CU Strategic Planning helped apply for Technical Assistance awards received the $300,000 maximum award.

CU Strategic Planning clients account for 60% of all CDFI FA Awards granted to credit unions this round.

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.

As strong proponents of the credit union community, and particularly Community Development Financial Institution certifications and...

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

In her first official statement as acting director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Marcia Sigal announced two...

CDFIs have been waiting, not-so-patiently, to learn the fate of the certification process from the Community Development Financial Instituti

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...

Credit union calls for greater transparency from the CDFI Fund are being met with bipartisan support. A CUNA-supported bill was put forth...

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...

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed in March, creating some concern for consumers here in the U.S. and around the world. Typically following...

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...

About the CDFI Fund's recent announcement that it's delaying the release of their updated certification.

October of 2023 will mark 15 years since CU Strategic Planning was founded, and 15 years of helping credit unions gain certification as...