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Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (Washington CASH)
Seattle WACDFI Awards for Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (Washington CASH)
TA (2009) - $99,913
Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (CASH) is a nonprofit certified CDFI established in 1995. It provides self employment training and lending to low-income individuals in five Washington state counties. It also provides business development training, microloans, mentoring, marketing assistance, and individual development accounts. Washington CASH will use its FY09 Technical Assistance award to: 1) hire a Fund Development coordinator; 2) hire a part-time evaluation coordinator to measure and report on impact of CDFI-funded activities; and 3) support training of program staff about CDFI industry best practices.
TA (2008) - $99,408
Washington Community for Alliance for Self-Help (Washington CASH) is a certified CDFI established in 1995 to foster economic self-sufficiency for low-income individuals. Washington CASH provides business development training and microenterprise loans to five counties in Washington. It will use its FY08 Technical Assistance grant to strengthen its organizational capacity by expanding outreach activities, hiring a new loan officer, and upgrading out-dated computer equipment.
TA (2004) - $40,000
Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (Washington CASH), The organization will use the award for staff training and to develop a new peer lending curriculum designed to increase client retention and build the capacity of client businesses.
CORE (2000) - $200,000
The CDFI Fund"s $200,000 capital grant will help Washington CASH expand its model of microenterprise lending into other communities around Seattle.
SECA (1999) - $40,000
The technical assistance award will be used to fund a variety of technical assistance activities including organizational development program development development of a capitalization strategy and technology upgrades.
Other Community Development Financial Institutions in Washington
City of Everett CDE LLC
Everett
Community Funding Group
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Express Credit Union
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HomeSight
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Kitsap County NMTC Facilitators I, LLC
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Lummi Commercial Company
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Neighborhood Assets
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Quinault Indian Nation
Taholah
The Pathfinder Fund, LLC
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The Union Credit Union
Spokane
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