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Invest in Wisconsin hosts Fifth Annual CDFI Day at the Capitol IN PERSON! April 11, 2022On Monday, April 11, 2022, we were back at the Capitol to hold our fifth annual CDFI Day at the Capitol! The time we spent together was a great opportunity to speak to the amazing impacts CDFI’s have in the […]

United Methodist Children’s Services (UMCS) strives to make significant differences in the lives of children and families in Milwaukee’s Washington Park Neighborhood. Milwaukee, WI – On any given Saturday or Sunday morning, residents of UMCS’s properties at 3940 West Lisbon Avenue in Milwaukee are likely to see a familiar face picking up trash around the

Forward Community Investments (FCI) earns a $500,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust (OBT). Madison, WI – FCI is delighted to share they have received a $500,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust with the purpose of re-granting those funds to Wisconsin nonprofit organizations addressing issues of health equity. Working with the Otto Bremer Trust,

Forward Community Investments is proud to announce it has won a $590,000 Financial Assistance Award from the U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI Fund program. FCI joins only 5 other winners from Wisconsin that received an award. Additionally, FCI is one of 248 CDFI’s that were awarded funds out of 420 applicants. Recipients of these awards represent

Emerging Developer Loan Program Participant, One 5 Olive, sets the standard for up-and-coming, socially-minded real estate developers in Milwaukee and Wisconsin Brothers Greg Davis and David Griggs, who were raised in Milwaukee, created One 5 Olive with the mission of working to revitalize and stabilize communities through the renovation of tax and mortgage foreclosed single-family

Madison, WI – In June 2021 the CDFI Fund’s Rapid Response Program (RRP) awarded $1.8M, the largest award given, to FCI that will be used to support our Emerging Developer Loan Program (EDLP). The EDLP is intended to reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities by financing projects led by people of color and women who face

Milwaukee, WI – FCI partnered with Safe & Sound to purchase a property that will be utilized as a new headquarters in the Roosevelt Grove neighborhood on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Safe & Sound is dedicated to improving neighborhood safety in some of Milwaukee’s most economically challenged neighborhoods to foster a sense of ownership and bridge

FCI receives $40 million in New Markets Tax Credits from CDFI Fund for CY 2020 Forward Community Investments (FCI) is excited to announce an award of $40 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) under the CY 2020 round of allocation. As the only awardee solely