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Wacif Receives $1,800,000 National CDFI Fund Award

By Kaelyn Green | June 17, 2021 |

Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2021) – The Washington Area Community Investment Fund, Inc. (Wacif) announced today that it was awarded, for the fourth consecutive year, funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. This year, Wacif was awarded $1,826,265 through the CDFI Fund’s Rapid Response Program (RRP), the largest…

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Second Round of D.C. Co-op Impact Grant Supports Region’s Cooperatives

By Kaelyn Green | June 8, 2021 |

Washington, D.C./Arlington, VA (June 8, 2021) – The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) and Capital Impact Partners today announced $40,000 in grant awards to four existing and emerging cooperatively owned businesses operated by people of color and/or workers living with low wages through the D.C. Co-op Impact Grant. In its second year, the grant…

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