Across the U.S., Native CDFIs help tribal communities overcome barriers to economic development opportunities and capital access. Led and run by tribal members, the roughly 70 Native CDFIs nationwide provide a broad range of financial services and products that build individual assets and community wealth in Indian Country.
Lummi CDFI, recipient of the 2019 Native Seed Capital Award, is culturally rooted in the indigenous values and principles of the first peoples of the Pacific Northwest. The Native CDFI received the Award to help develop a new peer-to-peer technical assistance program.
