• Department of Transportation awarded a partnership with CSI to participate in their Short Term Lending Program

• Certified by the United States Treasury Department as a Community Development Financial Institution

• Awarded Technical Assistance Award from the CDFI

• Small Business Administration Microenterprise Intermediary

• 1998 Richmond’s Minority Business Advocate of the Year

• Virginia’s Top SBA Microlender (YTD 3/31/00)

• National New Market Lending Award for Urban Microlender
  

Significant Milestones...

• 2006 - CSI approved its first owner occupied real estate loan for $247,000

• 2005 - CSI celebrates 10 years of "Helping Businesses Access Capital"

• 2004 -Funding from CSI were used to construct 45 homes for 1st time home buyers

• 2004 - CSI approves its first Department of Transportation short-term loan for $300,000.

• 2003 - First market Bank chooses CSI to provide lending team assistance in packaging Small Business Administration 7a Loans. Loans currently exceed $2,000,000 to small and minority owned businesses.

• 2002 - Capital One Financial Corporation chooses CSI to partner with as lending intermediary to minority and women-owned businesses committing a $3 million investment.

• 2001 - Hayes is awarded the MBL “Vision of Excellence” Award

• 2001 - American Express Small Business Services chose CSI as one of ten Micro Lenders in the nation to launch the American Express “Community Business Card”

• 2001 - U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund approves funding for $250,000

• 2000 - SBA names CSI the National Urban New Market Micro Lender of the Year

• 2000 - Wachovia provides $250,000 of Equity Equivalent funding (EQ2)

• 1999 - SBA awards CSI $483,600 for loan funding and $120,000 for TA

• 1998 - The U.S. Treasury Certifies CSI as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)