{"id":9188,"date":"2020-06-17T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress2.hdnweb.com\/2020\/06\/17\/ofn-awards-first-round-of-grow-with-google-small-business-fund-loans-and-google-org-grants-to-help-small-businesses-recover-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2020-06-17T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:30:00","slug":"ofn-awards-first-round-of-grow-with-google-small-business-fund-loans-and-google-org-grants-to-help-small-businesses-recover-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress2.hdnweb.com\/en\/2020\/06\/17\/ofn-awards-first-round-of-grow-with-google-small-business-fund-loans-and-google-org-grants-to-help-small-businesses-recover-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"OFN Awards First Round Of Grow With Google Small Business Fund Loans And Google.org Grants To Help Small Businesses Recover Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Today, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced the first round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and grants from Google.org. Five community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have received a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$15.5 million<\/span> in loans. These funds will be deployed to small businesses hurt by the economic impact of COVID-19 and civil unrest. In addition, OFN will distribute <span class=\"xn-money\">$750,000<\/span> in Google.org-funded grants to help six CDFIs better serve women and minority-owned small businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today in a blog post, Google&#8217;s CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Sundar Pichai<\/span> announced that the company will provide OFN an additional <span class=\"xn-money\">$45 million<\/span> in loans and <span class=\"xn-money\">$5 million<\/span> in Google.org grants to assist small businesses, with a focus on Black-owned businesses. In total, Google has now committed <span class=\"xn-money\">$170 million<\/span> in loans and <span class=\"xn-money\">$10 million<\/span> in Google.org grants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CDFIs are lenders with a mission to serve small businesses underserved by mainstream finance and a proven model for moving capital into the hardest to serve communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Launched in March, the Grow with Google Small Business Fund delivers financing to CDFIs that are supporting the short-term recovery and long-term financing needs of America&#8217;s small businesses hardest hit by COVID-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"xn-money\">$10 million<\/span> in Google.org grants will enable OFN&#8217;s member CDFIs to improve access to capital for the most marginalized communities. The unrestricted grants can support operations, loan capital, loan loss reserve, capacity building, or any other purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CDFIs are America&#8217;s best community lenders with 40 years of experience providing capital where mainstream finance can&#8217;t or won&#8217;t \u2014 today, CDFIs are vital to ensuring a more even recovery for America&#8217;s small businesses,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Lisa Mensah<\/span>, president and CEO of OFN, a leading national network of CDFIs. &#8220;We applaud Google for stepping in to help bridge deep gaps in access to capital\u00a0for minority and women-led small businesses. Google&#8217;s significant investment and grant helps CDFIs to combat economic inequity during a national health and economic crisis that has been recently compounded by civil unrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Grow with Google Small Business Fund and Google.org grants are some of the key investments that Google is making in the future of America&#8217;s small businesses. Our economy requires that small businesses prosper,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Ruth Porat<\/span>, CFO of Google. &#8220;The COVID crisis has created unprecedented challenges for many small businesses, and we are committed to assisting them. We&#8217;re proud to have an outstanding partner in OFN to provide loans and grants to CDFIs who are on the front lines of the economic recovery effort.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CDFI awardees and grantees for the first round of awards are:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Citizens Potawatomi Community Development Corporation (CPCDC) <\/b>(<span class=\"xn-money\">$1 million<\/span> loan, <span class=\"xn-money\">$125,000<\/span> grant). One of the largest Native-owned CDFIs in the nation, CPCDC finances, promotes, educates, and inspires the entrepreneurial growth, economic opportunity, and financial well-being of the Citizen Potawatomi National Tribal Community and other underserved Native populations through financial education, access to capital, business development services, innovative capacity building practices, and community development initiatives. CPCDC&#8217;s commercial and business borrowers are 96% Native owned businesses.\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Grameen America\u00a0<\/b>(<span class=\"xn-money\">$5 million<\/span> loan, <span class=\"xn-money\">$125<\/span>,000\u00a0grant).\u00a0Grameen America\u00a0provides microloans, training\u00a0and support to\u00a0small businesses owned by low-income women entrepreneurs in the U.S. It has 23 branches across 15 U.S. cities: <span class=\"xn-location\">Boston<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Charlotte<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Austin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Greater Omaha<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Jose<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Juan<\/span> (PR), <span class=\"xn-location\">Union City<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Newark<\/span> (NJ), and <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>, and a client base that&#8217;s 100% women and\u00a0primarily\u00a0low-income, low-wealth, or otherwise underserved.\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MoFi<\/b>\u00a0(<span class=\"xn-money\">$3 million<\/span> loan). Providing financing and consulting services that transform the lives of individuals and strengthen community prosperity, MoFi reaches across the Northern Rockies in <span class=\"xn-location\">Montana<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Idaho<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Wyoming<\/span>. Its long-term goal is to ensure everyone&#8217;s adequate access to business capital regardless of income, assets, education, location, race, or gender. MoFi&#8217;s small and microbusiness borrowers are 54% women-owned businesses, 41% low-income owned or controlled businesses, and 57% are startup businesses. Geographically, 61% of its borrowers are in rural areas.\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Opportunity Fund <\/b>(<span class=\"xn-money\">$5 million<\/span> loan, <span class=\"xn-money\">$125,000<\/span> grant). Based in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, Opportunity Fund provides\u00a0microloans\u00a0to some of the\u00a0smallest and most\u00a0under-resourced businesses in the country. The CDFI serves small businesses in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and 44 additional states.\u00a0Its clients are\u00a082%\u00a0people of color,\u00a034% women,\u00a07%\u00a0African American, 19% Asian\/Middle Eastern, and 53% Latinx.\u00a0\n<\/li>\n<li><b>PeopleFund <\/b>(<span class=\"xn-money\">$1.5 million<\/span> loan, <span class=\"xn-money\">$125,000<\/span> grant). Across <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span>, PeopleFund provides small business loans, as well as business assistance and education, to people with otherwise limited access to such resources. The\u00a0CDFI has made significant investments and built significant institutional knowhow in support of veteran entrepreneurs. Today, one in four PeopleFund loans go to veteran entrepreneurs. Among these, the vast majority are women, minority, and low-income.\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) <\/b>(<span class=\"xn-money\">$125,000<\/span> grant). A <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>-focused lender that also serves clients nationwide with their free BusinessAdvising.org platform, PCV&#8217;s mission is to invest in small businesses, create good jobs for working people, and make markets work for social good. The CDFI strengthens small businesses owned by women, people of color, immigrants, and others who have had a hard time accessing capital. They use an integrated &#8220;Good Jobs, Good Business&#8221; model that provides affordable capital, free advice, impact evaluation, and research. Its borrowers are 63% people of color, 52% women, 15% African American, 19% Asian, and 24% Latinx.\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif)<\/b>\u00a0(<span class=\"xn-money\">$125,000<\/span> Google.org Grant). Wacif increases equity and economic opportunity in underserved communities by investing knowledge, social, and financial capital in low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs.\u00a0The CDFI serves minority- and women-owned businesses in financial underserved communities in the National Capital region, with a focus on communities east of the Anacostia River in <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, DC<\/span> and in Prince George&#8217;s County, Maryland.\u00a0In the last seven years, Wacif has invested more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$10 million<\/span> in underserved communities throughout the region.\u00a0In 2019, 96% of Wacif&#8217;s lending went to entrepreneurs of color and 62% of its business advisory services clients were female.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are more than 1,100 CDFIs working in all 50 states, the <span class=\"xn-location\">District of Columbia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Guam<\/span>, and Puerto Rico.\u00a0OFN&#8217;s more than 300 members serve 58% people of color, 85% low-income, 26% rural, and 48% women\u00a0(OFN Annual Member Survey, 2018). Nationwide, the CDFI industry manages more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$222 billion<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About OFN\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>OFN,\u00a0a\u00a0leading\u00a0national network of CDFIs, strives to ensure low-income and other under-resourced communities have access to affordable, responsible financial products and services. Members of OFN are CDFIs that deliver responsible lending to help low-income communities join the economic mainstream.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through 2018, OFN&#8217;s network originated <span class=\"xn-money\">$74.2 billion<\/span> in financing in rural, urban, and Native communities. This financing has helped to create or maintain more than 1,560,000 jobs, start or expand more than 419,177 businesses and microenterprises, and support the development or rehabilitation of 2.1 million housing units and more than 11,500 community facility projects. For more information, visit\u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2834158-1&amp;h=1278509918&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofn.org%2F&amp;a=www.ofn.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ofn.org<\/a><\/u>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Google<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s mission is to organize the world&#8217;s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known companies in the world. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Google.org<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2834158-1&amp;h=935576183&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.org%2F&amp;a=Google.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google.org<\/a>, Google&#8217;s philanthropy, supports nonprofits that address humanitarian issues and apply scalable, data-driven innovation to solving the world&#8217;s biggest challenges. We accelerate their progress by connecting them with a unique blend of support that includes funding, products, and technical expertise from Google volunteers. We engage with these believers-turned-doers who make a significant impact on the communities they represent, and whose work has the potential to produce meaningful change. We want a world that works for everyone\u2014and we believe technology and innovation can move the needle.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Opportunity Finance Network<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=EH39107&amp;Transmission_Id=202006171530PR_NEWS_HSPR_____EH39107&amp;DateId=20200617\" style=\"border:0px; width:1px; height:1px;\"\/> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Today, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced the first round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and grants from Google.org. Five community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have received a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$15.5 million<\/span> in loans. These funds will be deployed to small businesses hurt by the economic impact of COVID-19 and civil unrest. 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