Resilient Communities Through Collaboration + Investment
Access to finance means access to opportunity.
The ripple effect of CFE’s financial investments and business expertise is felt across neighborhoods and generations. We’re committed for the long term—ensuring residents can stay in their homes, enabling affordable housing developers to create new opportunities, supporting small businesses and community facilities with access to capital, and accelerating the adoption of clean energy technologies that offer both environmental and financial benefits.
As a certified CDFI, we provide essential funding for projects in underinvested areas. For over two decades, we have partnered with mission-driven developers, organizations, and businesses to create lasting impact. Since 2020, we’ve experienced transformational growth —broadening our reach and deepening our commitment to the communities we serve. Additionally, we’ve served as a trusted administrator of DC government grants to expand access to critical capital.
A Decade of Continued Growth 2015-2025
297 loans
totaling $118 million
$111 million
invested in Historically Disinvested Communities
112,000
community beneficiaries (e.g., health clinic patients, childcare slots)
5,511
housing units created or preserved, benefiting 8,015 people
1,829 jobs
created and/or retained
$49 million
invested through 70 loans in DC Wards 7 and 8
The Impact of Managed Grants, 2020-2025
- 5,486 applications processed
- $113 million disbursed
- 2,225 housing units preserved through funding housing grants management
- 3,338 tenants retained housing
- 3,418 small businesses funded
- 1,161 majority women-owned businesses received $36 million
- 1,112 minority-owned businesses received $65 million
- 188 small businesses funded in DC Wards 7 and 8 received $15 million
- 35,000+ jobs retained or created
