The Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition is made up of nine Native CDFIs from South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. The Mountain | Plains Coalition is primarily led by Native women who are fortifying the regional Indigenous Finance Industry. The Coalition just received a five-year, $45 million investment as one of 21 awardees of the Economic Development Administration's, Build Back Better Regional Challenge. This investment is the single largest investment into the Native CDFI industry since its founding in 1985. With this seed capital, the Coalition is launching a holistic, five-year strategy to reimagine and actualize capital systems that center relationship, reciprocity, and resilience.

The locations and members of the Mountain | Plains Native CDFI Coalition

The locations of the CDFIs who make up the Mountain | Plains Regional CDFI Coalition is important, as it centers Native communities served while highlighting the restoration of the region’s traditional Native economies