by Mark Masterson | Mar 11, 2024 | News
Nearly 25 years ago, we opened our doors to help underserved populations on the Northside gain access to capital in hopes of spurring business and job growth in a struggling neighborhood. Fast forward to today, and we’re proud to say that not only have we been able to...
by Mark Masterson | Jul 28, 2023 | News
The Western Pennsylvania Small Business Administration (SBA) recently released its microloan lending numbers through the first nine months of fiscal year 2023, and the data is extremely encouraging. Deputy District Director Angel Marschik said the SBA’s nonprofit...
by Mark Masterson | Mar 30, 2023 | News
This past month, our efforts to help strengthen underserved small businesses got a big-time boost. We were honored to receive a $560,000 award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund Program! We’ll be using...
by Mark Masterson | Jan 30, 2023 | News
What better way to start a new year than with two new team members? That’s exactly what we’re doing here in 2023, as we say hello to Danny McGlory and Tamika Weldon, our newest loan officer and loan officer assistant, respectively. Read on to learn a little bit about...
by Mark Masterson | Nov 3, 2022 | News
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2022 fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, and with it came some encouraging news. Local microloans jumped 57% from 2021, and here at Neighborhood Community Development Fund, our microloan volume rose from 13 to 36. In addition, 504...
by Mark Masterson | Oct 14, 2022 | News
Our Executive Director Mark Masterson recently sat down with Tim Schooley of Pittsburgh Business Times to discuss an exciting new development: the transformation of a half dozen buildings on the North Side’s East Ohio Street into a restaurant row. Though the idea of...