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Daniel Betancourt

Jan 23, 2024

Lancaster Community First Fund names new CFO

Elizabeth Bennett has been appointed chief financial officer of the Community First Fund of Lancaster.

Sep 25, 2023

Lancaster Community fund receives $30M tax credit from U.S. Treasury Dept.

The Lancaster-based Community First Fund is receiving a $30 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation from the U.S. Treasury Dept.  

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May 5, 2021

Community First Fund gets $3M grant to help small business recovery

Wells Fargo has selected Lancaster-based Community First Fund to receive a $3 million grant as part of its Open for Business Fund, a nationwide small business recovery effort.

May 18, 2020

Community First Fund doubles PPP loans to mom-and-pops

“CDFIs are committed to supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in low-income and underserved communities and that means collectively, these CDFIs will help keep paychecks flowing to employees who may need it the most.”

Apr 28, 2020

Lancaster’s Community First Fund forms $101M merger with Philly-based peer

Combined assets between the two community development financial institutions, which will be organized as a single entity under the name Community First Fund, will total $101 million, and $129 million by 2024, Community First Fund officials said in a Tuesday announcement.