Capital with Purpose: Evaluation Findings from a Flagship OFN Financing Program

-Join us for a timely discussion of the interim evaluation findings of one of OFN’s flagship financing programs. This webinar will highlight key benchmark findings from the program’s first three years (2020-2023), aggregated outcomes across the program’s five-year span (2020-2025), and how the insights can inform future decisions. Participants will also hear an engaging panel discussion featuring stakeholders representing program funders, a recipient CDFI, and OFN leaders. Panelists will use the evaluation findings to discuss the value of programs that use a loan-and-grant model, reflect on the program's past and future, and discuss implications for the CDFI industry. This webinar is recommended for CDFI staff, lending and portfolio teams, evaluation and impact professionals, funders interested in equitable financing and community impact, and partners seeking to learn more about the CDFI industry. Panelists: Erick Montenegro, VP of Program Evaluation and Impact Measurement and Management, OFN Emerson Sekins, CEO, Northwest Access Fund Ethan Penfield, VP and Senior Investment Officer, OFN Megan Teare, Managing Director, Community Lending and Investment, Wells Fargo