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Community First Fund Snapshot
We are committed to aligning capital with justice for low income communities and low wealth individuals, so we may increase opportunities for economic prosperity for all. We are driven to make a change by transforming lives, businesses and communities – one transaction at a time.
OUR VISION
Community First Fund envisions inclusive, equitable, and vibrant communities where individuals prosper, triumph over poverty, and live free from discrimination.
OUR MISSION
Community First Fund’s mission is to create financial equity through wealth building opportunities for individuals, families, and business owners, especially Persons of Color, women, and immigrants. We align capital, knowledge, and advocacy to advance access to financial services, business ownership, housing, and community development.
OUR CORE VALUES
Justice – We advance economic and social justice for disenfranchised individuals, low wealth individuals and communities.
Integrity – We are a dedicated steward of community resources, promoting openness and honesty in all of our work.
Self Reliance – We collaborate with individuals to advance their self-reliance and independence.
Respect – We respect the dignity and aspirations of all individuals.
Innovation – We solve complex community challenges with ingenuity and creativity.
OUR VISION
Community First Fund envisions inclusive, equitable, and vibrant communities where individuals prosper, triumph over poverty, and live free from discrimination.
OUR MISSION
Community First Fund’s mission is to create financial equity through wealth building opportunities for individuals, families, and business owners, especially Persons of Color, women, and immigrants. We align capital, knowledge, and advocacy to advance access to financial services, business ownership, housing, and community development.
OUR CORE VALUES
Justice – We advance economic and social justice for disenfranchised individuals, low wealth individuals and communities.
Integrity – We are a dedicated steward of community resources, promoting openness and honesty in all of our work.
Self Reliance – We collaborate with individuals to advance their self-reliance and independence.
Respect – We respect the dignity and aspirations of all individuals.
Innovation – We solve complex community challenges with ingenuity and creativity.
Community First Fund is a private, independent non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) whose mission is to provide capital in places where it is not usually available. We seek to create positive change in a community by providing entrepreneurs with access to business development loans for projects that generate jobs, create affordable housing and help to revitalize communities.
Our mission is to create financial equity through wealth building opportunities for individuals, families, and business owners, especially Persons of Color, women, and immigrants.
Our approach to building vibrant and healthy communities includes increasing development of affordable and market rate housing units, turning blighted and vacant buildings into community assets, creating educational opportunities for children, youth and adults, enhancing access to food and healthcare, and providing the resources necessary for job-creating businesses to start up and grow.
We are proud of the work we do and are fortunate to work with so many community partners throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania that are making a difference in their communities. We have financed small business and large-scale community development projects in the major small cities of Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Reading, Allentown and Philadelphia. At this time, our services are available in certain counties in Pennsylvania (Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, and York), Delaware (Kent, New Castle and Sussex) and New Jersey (Camden).
Our mission is to create financial equity through wealth building opportunities for individuals, families, and business owners, especially Persons of Color, women, and immigrants.
Our approach to building vibrant and healthy communities includes increasing development of affordable and market rate housing units, turning blighted and vacant buildings into community assets, creating educational opportunities for children, youth and adults, enhancing access to food and healthcare, and providing the resources necessary for job-creating businesses to start up and grow.
We are proud of the work we do and are fortunate to work with so many community partners throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania that are making a difference in their communities. We have financed small business and large-scale community development projects in the major small cities of Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Reading, Allentown and Philadelphia. At this time, our services are available in certain counties in Pennsylvania (Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, and York), Delaware (Kent, New Castle and Sussex) and New Jersey (Camden).
