On October 23, 2025, Sydney England, GSIC’s Executive Director, contributed to the Georgia Interfaith Public Policy Center’s (GIPPC) 2025 Legislative Summit – inviting the faith-based, nonprofit, community development, and municipal leaders in attendance to consider how impact investing can be a tool for community wealth-building. Religious institutions currently invest between $200 billion and $400 billion in impact investments across the United States. This impressive figure represents only 11% of what they could invest, revealing an enormous opportunity for local community development. Faith communities are discovering they can deploy capital through proven models that generate competitive returns while creating real…
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Update: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of federal workers during the shutdown, including the CDFI Fund staff. This gives us breathing room, but the fight isn’t over. The lawsuits by federal workers’ unions and pushback from Republicans in Congress offer hope, but we can’t rely on courts alone If December 13 arrives without intervention, the immediate impact will be operational chaos. Pending applications will stall. Compliance questions will go unanswered. The FY 2025 funding round, with its innovative $100 million housing production initiative, will…
The question isn’t whether investing in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) carries risk. It’s whether we can afford the risk of letting them fail.
As foundations and asset allocators navigate an increasingly volatile economic landscape, I find myself fielding the same question repeatedly: “Should we double down on CDFIs right now, or is this the moment to pull back and protect our…
