FY 2011 CDFI Program - Financial Assistance & Technical Assistance Awards

The summary for the FY 2011 CDFI Program - Financial Assistance & Technical Assistance Awards Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	FY 2011 CDFI Program - Financial Assistance & Technical Assistance Awards
	CFDA Number:	21.020
	CFDA Description:	Community Development Financial Institutions Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Community Development Financial Institutions
	Category of Funding Activity:	Community Development
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CDFI-2011-FATA
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant Other
	Posted Date:	Oct 05, 2010
	Creation Date:	Oct 05, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 19, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 19, 2010
	Archive Date:	Nov 20, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	200
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$135,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$1
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants must be certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (or CDFI) by the CDFI Fund, or be certifiable as a CDFI by the CDFI Fund. Please see the Notice of Funds Availability on the CDFI Fund's website for more detailed information.
Grant Description: Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides: (i) Financial Assistance (FA) awards to CDFIs that have Comprehensive Business Plans for creating demonstrable community development impact through the deployment of credit, capital, and financial services within their respective Target Markets or the expansion into new Investment Areas, Low-Income Targeted Populations, or Other Targeted Populations, and (ii) Technical Assistance (TA) grants to CDFIs and entities proposing to become CDFIs in order to build their capacity to better address the community development and capital access needs of their particular Target Markets, to expand into new Investment Areas, Low-Income Targeted Populations, or Other Targeted Populations, and/or to become certified CDFIs.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.cdfifund.gov/what_we_do/programs_id.asp?programid=7
Grant Announcement Contact: Jay Santiago IT Help Desk Phone: (202) 622-2455

IT Help Desk [IThelpdesk@cdfi.treas.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • FY 2011 Native American CDFI Assistance Program; • NACA Program 2009; • CDFI Program 2009; • NACA Program 2008; • CDFI Program 2008; • CDFI Program 2006; • CDFI Program - Technical Assistance/Native American Technical Assistance Component; • CDFI Program - NACD (Native American CDFI Development); • FY2005 Round of the Technical Assistance Component; • FY 2005 Financial Assistance Component Funding Round