Opportunity Finance Network

OFN (www.opportunityfinance.net) is the leading network of private financial intermediaries identifying and investing in opportunities to benefit low-income and low-wealth people in the U.S. Our financing delivers both sound financial returns and real changes for people and communities. OFN originated more than $23.2 billion in financing in non-conforming urban, rural, and Native communities through 2009. This has generated or maintained 298,511 jobs; 60,261 businesses and microenterprises; 635,528 housing units; and, 6,465 community facility projects. With cumulative net charge-off rates of less than 1.4%, they have demonstrated an ability to lend prudently and productively in unconventional markets often overlooked by conventional financial institutions.

OFN’s mission through 2025 is to lead CDFIs and their partners to ensure that low-income, low-wealth, and other disadvantaged people and communities have access to affordable, responsible financial products and services.