Category: CEO Joe Neri’s Blog

From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities

February 20, 2023

Want to make capital access more equitable? Reconsider your target market criteria.

November 15, 2021

Better Together: How FQHCs and CDFIs can leverage COVID-19 Relief Funds

November 9, 2021

Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help

July 13, 2021
map of redlined neighborhoods

Five Ways That Lenders Can Interrupt Racism and Provide Restorative-Justice Capital in Our Communities

April 7, 2021

Doubling Down on IFF Commitments to Further Impact Midwest Communities

March 4, 2021

Impact Investors and CDFIs Can Partner to Create Greater Impact

January 27, 2021

Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)

September 1, 2020

Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History

April 15, 2020

Part 2: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

December 2, 2019

Part 1: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

October 25, 2019

Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

October 25, 2019

Using data to drive investment and impact

September 26, 2019
map of redlined neighborhoods

The Appraisal Bias: How more equitable underwriting can increase capital in communities of color

May 9, 2019

Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital

March 12, 2019