Policy and Research

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

December 11, 2025 Month 8: The 2007-08 Financial Crisis and the Widening Wealth Gap The eighth section of the Economic...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

November 6, 2025 Month 7: The Decline of Manufacturing and the Rise of Economic Inequality The seventh section of the...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

September 29, 2025 Month 6: The War on Poverty - Who Benefited and Who Was Left Behind? The sixth section...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

September 8, 2025 Month 5: The Civil Rights Movement and Economic Justice The fifth section of the Economic Inequality series examines landmark...

OCC Docket ID OCC-2025-0005 (Joint Proposal to Rescind 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule)

August 19, 2025 The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is a national coalition of 87 Black-led Community...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

August 4, 2025 Month 4: The New Deal’s Mixed Legacy The fourth section of the Economic Inequality series highlights three areas...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

July 8, 2025 Month 3: The Industrial Revolution and Exploited Labor The third section of the Economic Inequality series traces...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities

May 19, 2025 Month 2: Land, Wealth, and Dispossession - Who Got to Own and Build? The second section of...

Unequal by Design: A Historical Perspective on Economic Inequality Across Communities 

March 31, 2025 Month 1: The Foundations of Economic Inequality in the U.S. The first section of the Economic Inequality...

Analyzing the Wealth Gap: Black-led vs. White-led CDFIs and the Role of Federal Programs

To understand the racial economic disparities in the United States, it is imperative to consider their historical roots. Slavery legally...

FR Doc. 2024-12336 (Request for Information on Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence)

August 12, 2024 The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding the uses,...

Navigating the Terrain of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Challenges, Resistance, and Strategies in Educational and Corporate Settings

Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives emerged in response to increasing awareness of systemic inequalities and underrepresentation across various social sectors....

FR Doc. 2023-28263 (Request for Information on Financial Inclusion)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding the development of a national...

Request for Program and Policy Input on the Capital Magnet Fund

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding how the CDFI Fund may...

Capital Formation and Inclusive Economic Growth for MBEs

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit this written statement for the record, addressing...

OMB-1559-0014 (Community Development Entity Certification Application)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding the Community Development Entity Certification...

OMB-1559-0021 (CDFI Program and NACA Program Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance Applications)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding the Community Development Financial Institutions...

OMB-2023-0001 (Initial Proposals for Updating OMBs Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding the initial proposals from the...

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0023 (Public Comment – Request for Information on the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Program)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments in response to the Request for...

Proposed Changes to the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Transaction Level Report (TLR)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to submit comments regarding proposed changes to the New...

Comment Request: New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Allocation And Qualified Equity Investment (QEI) Tracking System

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to provide the following in response to the CDFI...

Comment Request: Annual Certification and Data Collection Report Form and Abbreviated Transaction Level Report (FR Doc. 2022-27142 Filed 12-13-2022)

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to provide the following in response to the Office...

Small Business Lending Company Moratorium Rescission and Removal of the Loan Requirement Authorization

On November 7, 2022, Volume 87, No. 214 of the Federal Register contained a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Small...

Affiliation and Lending Criteria for the SBA Business Loan Programs

On October 26, 2022 Volume 87, No. 206 of the Federal Register contained a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Affiliation and...

Federal Community Investment Program Opportunities and Challenges

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Notice and Request for Information on Federal Community Investment Program Opportunities and...

CDFI Certification Application/OMB Control Number: 1559-0028

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to provide the following comments in response to the CDFI...

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Implementation EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0859-0001

The Community Builders of Color Coalition (the Coalition) is pleased to provide the following comments in response to the U.S....

CDFI-2022-0001: Minority Lending Institution Designation Criteria

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) is pleased to provide the following comments in response to the CDFI...

SSBCI Request for Information Comments

On behalf of the member of the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance), we respectfully submit the following...

Comprehensive Review of the Federal Home Loan Bank System

As financial leaders directly serving diverse communities, the African American Alliance of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) CEOs (the Alliance)...

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Community Reinvestment Act Regulations

The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) appreciates the opportunity to comment on Docket ID OCC-2022-0002, the “Notice...

Community Reinvestment Act Regulations Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

OUR POSITION Two federal agencies have joined the nation’s central bank and jointly proposed regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment...