Stories
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Chapter 1: The Pitch | Investment Connection: Getting to ‘We Have a Deal’
Jennifer Wilding“Banks and nonprofits need mutually beneficial relationships,” says Paul Woodruff. Investment Connection encourages organizations to highlight what both the nonprofits and the banks have to gain.
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Chapter 2: The Partnership | Investment Connection: Getting to ‘We Have a Deal’
Jennifer WildingThe loan purchase program was a pilot, a new model that Dan Fagan hoped more banks could adopt. “We just decided that we were going to plow forward.”
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Chapter 3: The Impact | Investment Connection: Getting to ‘We Have a Deal’
Jennifer WildingIn 2011, Ariel Cisneros from the Kansas City Fed invited Rob Smith to pitch at Investment Connection. In the three years following the event, Smith raised about $300,000. The funding came at a pivotal moment.
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Supporting families and nurturing Ojibwe culture, C’s Daycare stands out in Minnesota’s child care landscape
Kierra KaremaniBanks partner with a community non-profit to help a small business owner upgrade and expand her child care facility.
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Samantha Evans brings the Fed’s community development expertise home to Toad Suck, Arkansas
Katherine Rondeau-FioreSam Evans of the St. Louis Fed brings the Federal Reserve’s rural development expertise home to Toad Suck, Arkansas.
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‘Tell me the story of your life.’ Alex Fuentes listens deeply as part of the American Voices Project
Ellen SimonThe American Voices Project began as a way to study US poverty. It has grown into a trove of personal narrative and oral history of how people across the US experienced the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Shonterria Charleston supports rural communities, even from a parking lot
Ellen SimonFor Housing Assistance Council, rural development issues include broadband access and helping veterans fund home improvement projects.
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Unexpected lessons from a world away helped New York native Edison Reyes find his calling
Katherine Rondeau-FioreGet to know Edison Reyes and his work to improve workforce outcomes from the Peace Corps to the New York Fed.
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Community bank provides critical capital so small businesses can stay afloat
Kierra KaremaniCDFI helps two business owners in Philadelphia’s Chinatown find a lifeline, and a partner, right in their own backyard.
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Banks help Tulsa embrace a future that is equitable and successful for all
Kierra KaremaniFrom job training and industry-recognized skills certificates to job placement services and financial literacy education, get to know one program helping low- and moderate-income residents of Oklahoma and southwest Missouri enter the workforce.