Small Businesses Sacrifice and Succeed During COVID-19 New national survey demonstrates how small business owners provided jobs and protected their workers over COVID-19 December 2, 2022
Investing in communities with new $55M allocation Accion Opportunity Fund receives $55 million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation to continue supporting job creation and nonprofit neighborhood facilities December 2, 2022
New Efforts to Modernize and Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act First Step Toward Maximizing Impact of Historic Law New Efforts to Modernize and Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act First Step Toward Maximizing Impact of Historic Law September 8, 2022
Senate Community Development Finance Caucus STATEMENT: New Bipartisan Community Development Finance Caucus Underscores Vital Role Nonprofit Lenders Play to Economy August 2, 2022
Celebrating the Women Driving Small Business Success Women are not a minority but an under-invested majority. This Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting women business owners who are inspiring future generations of aspiring entrepreneurs. April 1, 2022
Clinicas Blythe and Fresno City Center Announcement AOF closes $25.5 million in New Markets Tax Credit investment to expand healthcare and housing for Californians. March 18, 2022
CEO Luz Urrutia Testifies Before Congress Luz Urrutia gave remarks to the House Committee on Financial Services on the importance of community-based lenders. March 4, 2022
Black History in the Making: Meet Warren and Latrice The small business owners we support are creating Black history every day. Their stories of triumph will inspire future generations of business owners. Learn how Warren and Latrice wrote entrepreneurship into their own life stories. February 26, 2022
Statement: CFPB 1071 Data Collection Proposal Statement by Luz Urrutia, CEO of Accion Opportunity Fund, the nation’s leading CDFI, nonprofit small business lender, on the Bureau’s proposed guidelines to collect data on small business lending January 6, 2022