Community First Fund

Purpose: to Promote Economic Revitalization and Community Development Through Investment in and Financial Assistance to Community Development Financial Institutions (cdfis). Planned Activities: Financial Assistance Must Be Used for Financial Products, Financial Services (regulated Institutions Only), Development Services, Loan Loss Reserves, and Capital Reserves (regulated Institutions Only), in an Eligible Market or the Recipient’s Approved Target Market. End Goals: the Goal of the Financial Assistance Is for Cdfis to Build Their Financial Capacity to Lend to Eligible Markets And/or Their Target Markets, in Order to Serve Rural and Urban Low Income People, and Communities Across the Nation That Lack Adequate Access to Affordable Financial Products and Financial Services. Beneficiaries: Profit Organization, Private Nonprofit Institution/organization, Other Private Institution/organization Investment Areas and Targeted Populations, as Defined in 12 C.F.R. 1805. Subrecipients: There Are No Subrecipients for This Program. Broadband: Specific Activities Relating to Broadband Usage Are Not Known at the Time of Award. Reason/purpose of Modification: the Riegle Act (P.L. 103 325), the Statute Which Authorizes the Cdfi Program, Requires That Financial Assistance Awards, Including Base Financial Assistance (base Fa), Disability Funds Financial Assistance (DF Fa), and Persistent Poverty Counties Financial Assistance (PPC Fa), Be Matched With Funds From Non Federal Government Sources and Comparable in Form and Value to the Fa Award. Modifications Would Be Required If There Is a Change in the Form And/or Amount Originally Obligated for the Award, Based on Approved Matching Funds. Note: Matching Funds Are Required Only for Organizations Applying as Category Ii/core Fa Applicants Under the Cdfi Program. Matching Funds Are Not Required for Any Native Cdfi Applicants or Housing Production Financial Assistance Awards (HP Fa). Additionally, Matching Funds Are Not Required for Small and Emerging Cdfi Assistance (SECA) Fa Applicants and Healthy Food Financing Initiatives (HFFI) Fa Applicants, Pending Final Fy 2025 Appropriations Language.