From stewart at oweesta.org Wed Oct 1 14:10:15 2008 From: stewart at oweesta.org (Stewart Sarkozy) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:10:15 -0600 Subject: [CircleUp] IMPORTANT NATIVE CDFI CALL: Next week==Let's talk about CERTIFICATION! Message-ID: <82182B01DBD600448F4C7D2631BA1BFE3AE85B@SERVER1.fnoc.internal> VERY IMPORTANT for Native CDFIs and those interested in becoming a Native CDFI - PLEASE FORWARD Subject: Let's talk about CERTIFICATION! (turn on html) I heard you might be interested in becoming a certified Native CDFI soon...well; I have the perfect thing for you! You will have the chance to talk with me, the Certification team, and other emerging CDFIs in your same situation. Below is a quick overview on the requirements of becoming certified and details on the call. As always please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or questions however I really urge you to join us. J -Chasity The CDFI Fund is conducting a conference call specific to Native CDFI Certification. This call will serve as a forum for potential certification applicants to ask questions of CDFI Fund staff about becoming a certified Native CDFI. It is targeted toward those emerging entities that are looking to apply for certification within this next calendar year. The date and instructions for accessing the next conference call are outlined below. Date: Thursday, October 9th, 2008 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT Instructions: To access the conference call, participants need to call (202) 927-2255 and enter in the pin number 998803. No prior registration is necessary. As part of the NACA Program, the CDFI Fund certifies organizations as Native community development financial institutions - or Native CDFIs. Among other benefits, CDFI certification allows applicants to apply for Financial Assistance through the NACA Program. These organizations provide financing and related services to Native Communities. To become certified, an organization must: 1) Be a legal entity; 2) Have an eligible primary mission; 3) Be a financing entity; 4) Serve an eligible Target Market; 5) Be accountable to the Target Market; 6) Provide corresponding Development Services, and 7) Not be controlled by a government entity. ________________________________________ Chasity K. Savage, BBA, MA Program & Financial Analyst CDFI Fund - Native Initiatives 601 13th St, NW Suite 200 South Washington, DC 20005 202.622.9546 (w) 202.622.8728 (f) savagec at cdfi.treas.gov This message and any attachments may contain confidential or privileged information and are only for the use of the intended recipient of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by return email, and delete or destroy this and all copies of this message and all attachments. 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For the Native Initiatives TA grant info go here: http://www.cdfifund.gov/how_to_apply/ - NOTE: NACA application materials not yet available, keep checking back. $54 Million Available through FY 2009 CDFI Program Teleconferences and On-Demand Tutorials Available to Assist Potential Applicants On August 12, 2008, the CDFI Fund announced that it was making up to $54 million available through its fiscal year 2009 round of the CDFI Program. The CDFI Fund is offering the following resources to assist potential applicants. Q & A Teleconferences The CDFI Fund is hosting four, one-hour Question and Answer sessions via teleconference next week for those interested in applying under the fiscal year 2009 CDFI Program. Each teleconference is focused on a different type of Community Development Financial Institution. Program staff from the CDFI Fund will moderate the teleconferences, discuss Frequently Asked Questions and answer questions from participants on the teleconferences. Schedule of teleconferences by CDFI type: * Credit Unions - Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern * Banks - Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern * Loan Funds and/or Rural Applicants - Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern * Community Development Venture Capitalists - Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Details and Dial-in Instructions Application Workshop The CDFI Fund also offers application tutorials in the form of on-demand webcasts through its website so that interested parties may learn how to apply to the CDFI Program at their convenience over the internet. To access the webcast and the presentation, please visit the How to Apply section of the CDFI Fund's website. ================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: /pipermail/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org/attachments/20081009/8d7963b6/attachment.html From stewart at oweesta.org Wed Oct 15 17:28:24 2008 From: stewart at oweesta.org (Stewart Sarkozy) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:28:24 -0600 Subject: [CircleUp] Native CDFI Awards: Call for Nominations! Message-ID: <82182B01DBD600448F4C7D2631BA1BFE3F4EFC@SERVER1.fnoc.internal> THERE IS ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION FORM! Opportunity Finance Network and Oweesta are looking for a deserving CDFI and CDFI leader to honor at this year's Native CDFI Award Ceremony. Please submit your nomination for the Visionary Leader and Circle of Honor awards. Click here to see the detailed nomination form for eligibility requirements. You may nominate yourself and/or another Native CDFI and/or leader. The two $10,000 awards will be presented at the Native CDFI Award Ceremony, hosted by Oweesta and Opportunity Finance Network during the 2008 OFN Conference in Albuquerque, NM on the evening of Thursday, December 11, 2008. For more information on the conference, go to www.opportunityfinance.net/conference. Help us honor the best of the Native community development movement! Nominations are due October 22, 2008. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org/attachments/20081015/6c4072cc/attachment.html From stewart at oweesta.org Fri Oct 17 17:31:10 2008 From: stewart at oweesta.org (Stewart Sarkozy) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:31:10 -0600 Subject: [CircleUp] First Nations Development Institute Announces $175, 000 in Little Eagle Staff Fund Grant Awards Message-ID: <82182B01DBD600448F4C7D2631BA1BFE3F51AB@SERVER1.fnoc.internal> CONGRATS TO THE AWARDEES FROM OWEESTA... logo PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sarah Echohawk Vermillion Phone: 303-774-7836 e-mail: svermillion at firstnations.org First Nations Development Institute Announces $175,000 in Little Eagle Staff Fund Grant Awards October 16, 2008 First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) has awarded grants to six Native community-based economic development organizations through its Little Eagle Staff Fund (LESF). The mission of the Little Eagle Staff Fund is to support Native community-based economic development organizations who offer unique financial services and products that promote economic development. "It was a very competitive year for proposals," stated Sarah Dewees, First Nations' Director of Research and the program officer for the LESF grant program. "We received many excellent proposals because there is both growing demand and substantial need for funding for this type of work." First Nations initially received 47 letters of intent from those interested in applying for grant funding. From those 47, twelve groups were invited to submit full proposals. Of the twelve, six were selected for funding. The six organizations to be awarded grant funding under the LESF program are the Wigamig Owners Loan Fund Inc., Sitting Bull Tribal Business Information Center (TBIC), Turtle Mountain Community Development Financial Institution, the Oregon Native American Business & Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN), Katikitegon Community Development Corporation, and the Ho-Chunk Nation. The grants range in value from $12,000 to $40,000, and the projects include financial education, loan funds, and entrepreneurship development. Three grants will be given to help groups start community development financial institutions (CDFIs), two grants specifically support financial education programs, and one grant will support an entrepreneurship training program. "We are proud to be able to support these innovate economic development organizations that play such an important role in creating an 'enabling environment' for economic development on Indian reservations and in other Native communities," stated Michael E. Roberts, President of First Nations Development Institute. "We are thankful to our funders who have supported this grant program." The Little Eagle Staff Fund is currently capitalized by Bank of America, the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, the Washington Mutual Foundation, and a fourth partner, as well as through the generous support of First Nations' individual donors. The focus of the LESF projects is to educate individuals about successful financial management techniques with the broader implication that this knowledge will support Native individuals and communities to become self-reliant and economically prosperous. "Our mission is to change our economic landscape one family at a time by providing the essential educational components related to making sound financial decisions," stated ChrystelCornelius, Executive Director for the Turtle Mountain CDFI. "We are also creating an outlet to provide capital and lending products that will increase community and individual assets and help build wealth within our community." First Nations Development Institute is a national American Indian-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1980. Through a three-pronged strategy of educating grassroots practitioners, advocating systemic change, and capitalizing Indian communities, First Nations Development Institute is working to restore Native control and culturally-compatible stewardship of the assets they own - be they land, human potential, cultural heritage, or natural resources - and to establish new assets for ensuring the long-term vitality of Native communities. First Nations was founded with the belief that when armed with appropriate resources, Native peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable economic, spiritual, and cultural well-being of their communities. For more information about this project, contact Sarah Dewees, Director of Research/ sdewees at firstnations.org; or visit First Nations Development Institute's website at www.firstnations.org. ### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org/attachments/20081017/44c114c9/attachment-0001.html From stewart at oweesta.org Tue Oct 21 12:06:00 2008 From: stewart at oweesta.org (Stewart Sarkozy) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:06:00 -0600 Subject: [CircleUp] Recognizing Native CDFIs at the 2008 OFN Conference Message-ID: <82182B01DBD600448F4C7D2631BA1BFE3F53DC@SERVER1.fnoc.internal> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The 2008 Opportunity Finance Network Annual Conference Recognizing Native CDFIs at the 2008 OFN Conference Did you know that there are nearly 50 Native CDFIs serving Native markets across the United States? Did you know that just eight years ago, there were less than a handful? Find out what this dynamic segment of the opportunity finance field has accomplished at the 2008 OFN Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Learn at the Fifth Annual Native Gathering, the six breakout sessions in the Native CDFI training track, other sessions throughout the conference, and a lunchtime keynote address by Lance Morgan, President of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the development corporation for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Experience Native culture at the Opening Reception. Meet Native-owned small businesses at the Entrepreneur Marketplace. Recognize the outstanding contributions of one Native CDFI and one practitioner at the Native Awards Ceremony. For more information or to nominate a Native CDFI, download the Nomination form . Register for the conference at www.opportunityfinance.net\conference . Early bird registration rates end on November 3rd. 2008 Opportunity Finance Network Conference Platinum Sponsors Bank of America Gold Sponsors Capital One Citi Home Depot Foundation Wachovia Silver Sponsors HSBC JPMorgan Chase Merrill Lynch Bronze Sponsors Prudential WAMU Wells Fargo Community Leaders Enterprise Community Loan Fund PNC Bank Community Reinvestment Fund, USA Community Sponsors Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing The Bank of New York Mellon National Co-Host and Native Convening Co-Host First Nations Oweesta Corporation Local Co-Hosts ACCION New Mexico Homewise, Inc. The Loan Fund New Mexico Community Capital -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Native CDFI Finances: Audits, Budgets and Good Management ? Establishing Your Native CDFI ? Does Your Native Community Need an IDA Program? ? Native Leadership: Are You a Bear or a Buffalo? ? NACA Grant Workshop ? Business Underwriting ? Introduction to Mortgage Lending Native Communities ? Green Development in Native Communities Come early and stay the week to take part in all of this and more! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The 2008 Opportunity Finance Network Annual Conference Early Registration Ends November 3rd! The 2008 Opportunity Finance Network Conference Register today to get the discount rate! The OFN Conference is the premier conference in the opportunity finance industry. More than 600 practitioners, funders, investors, and policy makers are expected to come to Albuquerque in December for this event. Seven training tracks and two special mini-tracks offer sessions on Policy, Emerging Issues, CDFI Fundamentals, Native CDFIs, Capitalization, Green Finance, Strategic Communications, Good to Great, and Rural Issues. Many sessions will focus on the current credit market and economic situations, and what they mean for CDFIs today. Be a part of these important conversations. Register today at www.opportunityfinance.net/conference . 2008 Opportunity Finance Network Conference Platinum Sponsors Bank of America Gold Sponsors Capital One Citi Home Depot Foundation Wachovia Silver Sponsors HSBC JPMorgan Chase Merrill Lynch Bronze Sponsors Prudential WAMU Wells Fargo Community Leaders Enterprise Community Loan Fund PNC Bank Community Reinvestment Fund, USA Community Sponsors Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing The Bank of New York Mellon National Co-Host and Native Convening Co-Host First Nations Oweesta Corporation Local Co-Hosts ACCION New Mexico Homewise, Inc. The Loan Fund New Mexico Community Capital To unsubscribe please email jfox at opportunityfinance.net Opportunity Finance Network Public Ledger Building | 620 Chestnut Street, Suite 572 | Philadelphia, PA 19106 P 215.923.4754 | F 215.923.4755 | www.opportunityfinance.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org/attachments/20081028/20cd1045/attachment-0001.html From stewart at oweesta.org Tue Oct 28 12:05:27 2008 From: stewart at oweesta.org (Stewart Sarkozy) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:05:27 -0600 Subject: [CircleUp] Native students and colleges! - CGI University - Spread the Word - Get Involved Message-ID: <82182B01DBD600448F4C7D2631BA1BFE3F5910@SERVER1.fnoc.internal> Please forward and get this message to all your tribal college friends, colleagues and students. This is a growing program and I was asked to specifically try and get this to all our Native contacts and have them forward it onward and increase the Native involvement. To learn more, visit CGIU.org and sign up for e-mail updates . Dear Friend, I am excited to announce the launch of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2009 student application . CGI U is an initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation that inspires the next generation of leaders to take effective action on pressing global challenges. Universities are witnessing a growing number of students with the potential and passion to make a difference in the world. To advance these efforts, CGI U is pleased to invite young leaders from your campus to join President Clinton, students, activists, and university administrators at the CGI U second Annual Meeting from February 13 to15, 2009 at University of Texas at Austin. CGI U places emphasis on action by helping young leaders to take concrete steps toward addressing issues in the areas of education, energy & climate change, human rights & peace, global health, and poverty alleviation. Each attendee makes a Commitment to Action - a tangible contribution toward solving a specific problem on his or her campus or in the wider global community. Since the inaugural meeting in March 2008 at Tulane University, nearly 1,000 commitments have already been made by students and universities worldwide. Help us spread the word to your students so they don't miss out - tell them to apply today , make their own commitments, and connect with other students who want to make a difference. Attending CGI U is FREE and travel assistance is available for those who qualify. The deadline for early decision applications to CGI U is November 7, 2008. The final deadline for applications is December 12, 2008. Make sure your school is represented and encourage your students to apply today. To learn more, visit CGIU.org and sign up for e-mail updates . Sincerely, Keisha Senter Director, CGI U PS. Please forward this e-mail to your students and friends who are interested in attending CGI U 2009. CGI U 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 Privacy Policy cgiu at clintonglobalinitiative.org Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy Vice President and COO Oweesta Corporation 910 Fifth Street, Suite 101 Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 342-3770 ph (605) 342-3771 fx stewart at oweesta.org www.oweesta.org www.nfec.info www.ournativecircle.org SAVE THE DATE - 5th Annual NATIVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CONVENING ALBUQUERQUE, NM - DECEMBER 9-12, 2008 (Taking place as part of the Opportunity Finance Network's Annual Conference) The Native Financial Institution Convening serves as a catalyst for learning and sharing - join your peers for the day-long pre-conference Gathering, the Native training track, and the Native award ceremony that honors the work of two innovative and visionary Native CDFIs. 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The deadline for submitting an application was extended to Friday, October 31, 2008. http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=75837799 If you have questions about the position, please contact Bryan Mercier at mercierb at cdfi.treas.gov or 202-904-0642. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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