From rhernandez at firstnations.org Mon Nov 1 12:31:33 2010 From: rhernandez at firstnations.org (Ruben Hernandez) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:31:33 -0400 Subject: [CircleUp] FW: CDFI Fund News: FY 2011 Round of NACA Program Opened Message-ID: <2E93DEF37B8BC64F9E4689D26F648B57594A2A37@MAILH101.mail.lan> CDFI Fund Opens FY 2011 Round of NACA Program October 29, 2010 [cid:image001.jpg at 01CB79AF.F45B4150] CDFI Fund Opens FY 2011 Round of NACA Program $10 Million Available for Organizations Serving Native Communities Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released the fiscal year (FY) 2011 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for its Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program. This NOFA officially opens the FY 2011 NACA Program funding round. "I'm proud to see the CDFI Fund already accomplishing many of the objectives outlined in our five-year Native Initiatives Strategic Plan that was launched in 2009," said CDFI Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell. "The NACA Program plays a critical role in our commitment to support Native Communities and the efforts by the CDFI Fund will ensure that the number and the capacity of Native CDFIs will continue to increase nationwide." The FY 2011 NACA Program funding round makes approximately $10 million, subject to final Congressional appropriations, available in awards to Native CDFIs, and entities proposing to become or create Native CDFIs, that primarily serve Native American, Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian communities (Native communities). Organizations wishing to apply for Financial or Technical Assistance under this funding round of the NACA Program may find more detailed information about the program and application below. The CDFI Fund will also hold a workshop in Denver, Colorado to further explain the application process. Those who may not be able to attend the workshop in Denver can access a pre-recorded version of the workshop on the CDFI Fund's website. NACA Program Overview In 2004, the CDFI Fund introduced the NACA Program, which was specifically designed to encourage the creation and strengthening of CDFIs that primarily serve Native communities. Organizations funded serve a wide range of Native communities, and reflect a diversity of institutions in various stages of development - from organizations in the early planning stages of creating a CDFI, to tribal entities working to certify an existing lending program, to established CDFIs in need of further capacity building assistance. Two types of funding are available through the NACA Program: 1) Financial Assistance awards available only to certified CDFIs and primarily used for financing capital; and 2) Technical Assistance grants used to build the capacity of CDFIs or organizations on track to become or establish a CDFI within three years. Since 2002, the CDFI Fund has made 220 awards totaling $46.8 million through its various funding programs benefiting Native communities. Today, there were 59 certified Native CDFIs. In addition, the CDFI Fund has awarded over $8 million in contracts to organizations that provide capacity-building and financial services training programs focused on Native Communities. Important Deadlines * Certification Application: December 2, 2010 * Material Event Form: December 02, 2010 * NACA Program Application: December 22, 2010 Application Materials The CDFI Fund has posted the NOFA and application materials on the Grants.gov website in advance of the NOFA's publication in the Federal Register on November 03, 2010 to provide applicants as much time as possible to submit an application. Applicants are urged to read all application materials. Additional guidance and reference copies of the application materials can also be found on the CDFI Fund's website by clicking here. All Applicants must submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov. The CDFI Fund will not accept NACA Program applications through myCDFIFund accounts nor will applications be accepted via email, mail, facsimile, or other forms of communication. Please see the NOFA for more information on submitting the NACA Program application, the Certification application and the Material Events Form. Learn About Applying to the FY 2011 NACA Program Application Those interested in learning more about the FY 2011 NACA funding round can do so in the following ways: * Pre-recorded Webinar Application Workshop: The CDFI Fund has recorded the application workshop, which covers the same material that will be presented during the application workshop in Denver. This webinar can be viewed immediately at the following link below: * Application Webinar * In-Person Application Workshop: The CDFI Fund is sponsoring one in-person NACA Program application workshop. The CDFI Fund's Native Initiatives staff will conduct the workshop, and will be available to answer participant questions. November 9, 2010 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (MST) Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch 1020 Sixteenth Street Denver, CO 80202 Registration: Due to security requirements at this federal facility, anyone wishing to attend an application workshop must register through the CDFI Fund's online registration system. Individuals who do not pre-register before the applicable registration deadlines and thus do not appear on the registration list for the facility will not be admitted. The registration period is currently open. To register, please visit: http://www.cdfifund.gov/news_events/workshopregistration.asp. Questions For more information on the NACA Program, the webinar or the application workshop, please contact the CDFI Fund Help Desk at cdfihelp at cdfi.treas.gov. CDFI Fund Background The CDFI Fund invests in and builds the capacity of community-based, private, for-profit and non-profit financial institutions with a primary mission of community development in economically distressed communities. These institutions - certified by the CDFI Fund as community development financial institutions or CDFIs - are able to respond to gaps in local markets that traditional financial institutions are not adequately serving. CDFIs provide critically needed capital, credit and other financial products in addition to technical assistance to community residents and businesses, service providers, and developers working to meet community needs. The CDFI Fund's vision is an America in which all people have adequate access to affordable capital, credit and financial services. 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CDFI Fund Opens FY 2011 Round of NACA Program October 29, 2010 CDFI Fund Opens FY 2011 Round of NACA Program $10 Million Available for Organizations Serving Native Communities Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury?s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released the fiscal year (FY) 2011 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for its Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program. This NOFA officially opens the FY 2011 NACA Program funding round. "I'm proud to see the CDFI Fund already accomplishing many of the objectives outlined in our five-year Native Initiatives Strategic Plan that was launched in 2009," said CDFI Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell. "The NACA Program plays a critical role in our commitment to support Native Communities and the efforts by the CDFI Fund will ensure that the number and the capacity of Native CDFIs will continue to increase nationwide." The FY 2011 NACA Program funding round makes approximately $10 million, subject to final Congressional appropriations, available in awards to Native CDFIs, and entities proposing to become or create Native CDFIs, that primarily serve Native American, Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian communities (Native communities). Organizations wishing to apply for Financial or Technical Assistance under this funding round of the NACA Program may find more detailed information about the program and application below. The CDFI Fund will also hold a workshop in Denver, Colorado to further explain the application process. Those who may not be able to attend the workshop in Denver can access a pre-recorded version of the workshop on the CDFI Fund?s website. NACA Program Overview In 2004, the CDFI Fund introduced the NACA Program, which was specifically designed to encourage the creation and strengthening of CDFIs that primarily serve Native communities. Organizations funded serve a wide range of Native communities, and reflect a diversity of institutions in various stages of development ? from organizations in the early planning stages of creating a CDFI, to tribal entities working to certify an existing lending program, to established CDFIs in need of further capacity building assistance. Two types of funding are available through the NACA Program: 1) Financial Assistance awards available only to certified CDFIs and primarily used for financing capital; and 2) Technical Assistance grants used to build the capacity of CDFIs or organizations on track to become or establish a CDFI within three years. Since 2002, the CDFI Fund has made 220 awards totaling $46.8 million through its various funding programs benefiting Native communities. Today, there were 59 certified Native CDFIs. In addition, the CDFI Fund has awarded over $8 million in contracts to organizations that provide capacity-building and financial services training programs focused on Native Communities. Important Deadlines * Certification Application: December 2, 2010 * Material Event Form: December 02, 2010 * NACA Program Application: December 22, 2010 Application Materials The CDFI Fund has posted the NOFA and application materials on the Grants.gov website in advance of the NOFA?s publication in the Federal Register on November 03, 2010 to provide applicants as much time as possible to submit an application. Applicants are urged to read all application materials. Additional guidance and reference copies of the application materials can also be found on the CDFI Fund's website by clicking here. All Applicants must submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov. The CDFI Fund will not accept NACA Program applications through myCDFIFund accounts nor will applications be accepted via email, mail, facsimile, or other forms of communication. Please see the NOFA for more information on submitting the NACA Program application, the Certification application and the Material Events Form. Learn About Applying to the FY 2011 NACA Program Application Those interested in learning more about the FY 2011 NACA funding round can do so in the following ways: * Pre-recorded Webinar Application Workshop: The CDFI Fund has recorded the application workshop, which covers the same material that will be presented during the application workshop in Denver. This webinar can be viewed immediately at the following link below: * Application Webinar * In-Person Application Workshop: The CDFI Fund is sponsoring one in-person NACA Program application workshop. The CDFI Fund?s Native Initiatives staff will conduct the workshop, and will be available to answer participant questions. November 9, 2010 9:00 AM ? 12:00 PM (MST) Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch 1020 Sixteenth Street Denver, CO 80202 Registration: Due to security requirements at this federal facility, anyone wishing to attend an application workshop must register through the CDFI Fund's online registration system. Individuals who do not pre-register before the applicable registration deadlines and thus do not appear on the registration list for the facility will not be admitted. The registration period is currently open. To register, please visit: http://www.cdfifund.gov/news_events/workshopregistration.asp. Questions For more information on the NACA Program, the webinar or the application workshop, please contact the CDFI Fund Help Desk at cdfihelp at cdfi.treas.gov. CDFI Fund Background The CDFI Fund invests in and builds the capacity of community-based, private, for-profit and non-profit financial institutions with a primary mission of community development in economically distressed communities. These institutions ? certified by the CDFI Fund as community development financial institutions or CDFIs ? are able to respond to gaps in local markets that traditional financial institutions are not adequately serving. CDFIs provide critically needed capital, credit and other financial products in addition to technical assistance to community residents and businesses, service providers, and developers working to meet community needs. The CDFI Fund's vision is an America in which all people have adequate access to affordable capital, credit and financial services. For more information about these awards, or about the CDFI Fund and its programs, please visit the Fund's website at: http://www.cdfifund.gov. ________________________________ To unsubscribe to this list or change your subscription options visit: http://lists.ournativecircle.org/mailman/listinfo/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Circle of Honor Award recognizes a Native CDFI that is successfully increasing access to capital and financial resources in Native communities by developing innovative loan products, promoting community development and overcoming challenges. The 2010 Circle of Honor Award winner is Four Directions Development Corporation, a Native CDFI located in Orono, Maine. Four Directions serves members of the four tribes in Maine: the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseets, and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs. As both a housing and small business lender, Four Directions has a loan portfolio of more than $4.2 million and has made almost 200 loans to tribal members since opening their doors in 2002. Four Directions was selected from a highly competitive group of Native CDFI nominees and was awarded for demonstrating strong financial performance, diversification of funding sources and their ability to develop innovative partnerships to help bring increased access to capital to Native people in their target market. Four Directions is led by Susan Hammond, executive director, who accepted the award on behalf of the organization. The Visionary Leader Award for Outstanding Achievement recognizes a person who has made a long-term contribution to the Native CDFI industry and whose local financing and asset building efforts make them an inspiration for others. Anna Knight, director of the Cherokee Nation Small Business Assistance Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was selected to receive the Visionary Leader Award. Knight has been the director of the Cherokee Nation Small Business Assistance Center since 1999, and has managed the Cherokee Nation Economic Development Trust Authority - a Native CDFI - since 1995. She is a pioneer in the Native CDFI industry. Not only has she created innovated financial products and business development services, she has been a strong leader and advocate for Native asset building efforts at the local, state and regional level. Knight has generously shared her time and organization's resources to help other CDFIs in their development efforts. She has demonstrated a strong commitment to the Native financing industry and Native community development efforts for almost her entire professional career. "We are proud to recognize the excellent work of Four Directions Development Corporation and Anna Knight from the Cherokee Nation's Small Business Assistance Center," said Michael E. Roberts, President of First Nations Development Institute and its wholly owned subsidiary, First Nations Oweesta Corporation. "These two award winners exemplify what it means to help strengthen Native economies, and we thank the Opportunity Finance Network for partnering with us to recognize this achievement." "The Circle of Honor Award and the Visionary Leader Award shine a light on those who demonstrate excellence in serving low-wealth and low-income communities in Native markets," said Mark Pinsky, President and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network. "We are delighted to partner with First Nations Oweesta Corporation to support the important work of Native CDFIs, especially during this great recession." The awards ceremony capped off the pre-conference Native Gathering, an opening event to the week-long 26th Annual OFN Conference where Native economic development practitioners and tribal representatives from across the country joined hundreds of other opportunity finance experts to share and learn about new ideas, strategies for change, and innovations from the field. For more information on the awardees, please visit their websites at www.fourdirectionsmaine.org and http://sbac.cherokee.org/. ### About First Nations Oweesta Corporation First Nations Oweesta Corporation provides opportunities for Native people to develop assets and create wealth by assisting in the establishment of strong, permanent institutions and programs, leading to economic independence and strengthening sovereignty for all Native communities. Based on First Nations Oweesta's integrated asset building model, its programs and services help build local capacity and provide powerful tools for Native community development. More information is available at: www.oweesta.org. About Opportunity Finance Network Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the leading network of private financial institutions, creates growth that is good for communities, investors, individuals, and the economy. Members of OFN are community development financial institutions (CDFIs) who deliver responsible lending to help low-wealth and low-income communities join the economic mainstream. Over the past 30 years, the opportunity finance industry has provided more than $30 billion in financing to under-served markets nationwide. In 2008, OFN Members financed more than 200,000 jobs, 600,000 housing units, 50,000 businesses and microenterprises, and 6,000 community facility projects. 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Please see registration information below. WEBINAR #1: NACA Application Webinar for CDFI Legal Entities This webinar is for start-up, emerging or certified Native CDFIs that will be applying directly for funding. Please register by clicking the link below. Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/823231330 WEBINAR #2: NACA Application Webinar for CDFI Sponsoring Entities This webinar is for sponsoring entities that will be applying for funding to develop a Native CDFI. Please register by clicking the link below. Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/273736939 For questions or more information please contact Lisa Wagner at lisa at oweesta.org. 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First Nations Oweesta serves as a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Nations Development Institute, which is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado. The office move will allow both organizations to be ideally situated in one location to expand services and programs to Indian Country. First Nations Oweesta Corporation's new office will be located at 351 Coffman Street, Suite 200, Longmont, Colorado, 80501. The office move will commence on January 3, 2011. The organization will also maintain a permanent field office in Rapid City, South Dakota with key staff. The board of directors for First Nations Development Institute and First Nations Oweesta Corporation will maintain both organizations as separate legal entities, with distinct missions and goals. First Nations Development Institute will continue to serve as the parent company of First Nations Oweesta, and remain focused on strengthening American Indian economies. First Nations Oweesta will continue its vital work in building and strengthening Native CDFIs in Indian Country. The board of directors is continuing to search for a new executive director to oversee operations at First Nations Oweesta. Michael E. Roberts, president of First Nations Development Institute and First Nations Oweesta Corporation, will continue to oversee the operations of both organizations to ensure a successful relocation and leadership transition. Roberts is currently a member of First Nations' board of directors, is a founding board member and past chairman of First Nations Oweesta Corporation, and serves on the grants review committee of First Nations' Eagle Staff Fund. His experience includes serving on advisory committees for the Lakota Fund, Indian Country's first community development financial institution. Roberts has an MBA from the University of Washington with an emphasis in finance and operations management, and a bachelor's in environmental design degree in architecture from the University of Colorado. "First Nations Oweesta Corporation's relocation to Longmont, Colorado will allow our organizations to expand our services to strengthen Native American economies," said Roberts. Roberts also stated, "As the CDFI field in Indian Country has grown from two to more than 50 during the past 10 years, it is important for both organizations to operate in a strong partnership that benefits Native communities." About First Nations Oweesta Corporation First Nations Oweesta Corporation assists Native organizations in assessing the demand for starting a Native CDFI, and takes them through the process of establishing one of these proven and innovative financial institutions. Whether it is developing loan policies or creating fundraising strategies, First Nations Oweesta has the embedded knowledge and experience that will provide the information and resources a Native CDFI will need to bring it to the next level. For more information about First Nations Oweesta Corporation, visit www.oweesta.org. About First Nations Development Institute For thirty years, using a three-pronged strategy of educating grassroots practitioners, advocating for systemic change, and capitalizing Indian communities, First Nations has been working to restore Native American 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 serves rural and reservation-based Native American communities throughout the United States. 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QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelors degree in business or related field and five years experience in management OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in community development is preferred. TO APPLY: Please submit a cover letter and resume to the Wind River Development Fund, P.O. Box 661, Fort Washakie, WY 82514 or email to pdickinson at wrdf.org. For more information contact Pete Dickinson at 307-335-7330 or visit our website at www.wrdf.org for a detailed job description. Position open until filled. WRDF is an equal opportunity lender and employer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org/attachments/20101123/aee90307/attachment.html From rhernandez at firstnations.org Tue Nov 30 11:05:11 2010 From: rhernandez at firstnations.org (Ruben Hernandez) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:05:11 -0500 Subject: [CircleUp] Native CDFI Federal Resources Survey - last chance to fill it out! Message-ID: <2E93DEF37B8BC64F9E4689D26F648B57610A4C2D@MAILH101.mail.lan> Greetings, First Nations Oweesta Corporation and the Native CDFI Network are asking for your help. We are conducting a survey of Native CDFIs to identify what Federal funding resources you are using to carry out your work. Here is a link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S72C9S2 Our goal is to identify (1) What federal resources are currently being used by Native community development practitioners, and (2) What resources are available, but are not being used by most CDFIs? Everyone who completes the survey in its entirety will be entered into a drawing to win an iPod Nano. Christmas is coming, so think of this as one less gift to purchase if you are the lucky winner! Everyone who completes the survey by December 3, 2010 will be entered into the drawing for the iPod Nano. If you have already completed this survey there is no need to do it again - you are already entered into the drawing. We recognize that your time is valuable and thank you in advance for your help. This survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes of your time. Your responses will be confidential, and will help inform the CDFI movement and assist in efforts to understand the use of federal resources for CDFIs serving Native communities. If you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Noorie Brantmeier at (970) 44-3126 or Noorie.brantmeier at colostate.edu. Thank you! The Native CDFI Network & First Nations Oweesta Corporation ________________________________ To unsubscribe to this list or change your subscription options visit: http://lists.ournativecircle.org/mailman/listinfo/circleup_lists.ournativecircle.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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