Consulting

Consulting services for nonprofit community-based organizations, with an emphasis on Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) include:

• Grant review, grant writing and capitalization
  
  
• Loan underwriting and outreach
  
  
• Assessment of organizational financial strength and performance for CDFIs (through CARS www.carsratingsystem.net)
  
  
• Other services as needed such as training and facilitation.

"The thing CDFIs have done best is to stick to their purpose of demonstrating that it's possible to lend or invest money in markets that mainstream financial institutions perceive as risky. By working in these markets, CDFIs show that if you lend or invest wisely, it's possible to provide a solid return to your investors and manage capital responsibly while connecting nonconforming customers to the economic mainstream."

–Mark Pinsky, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network