Press Releases

Jan 14, 2008

CFED Wins 2007 Motley Fool’s ‘Foolanthropy’ Campaign

The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) announced today it has finished in first place in the 2007 Foolanthropy campaign, sponsored by the Motley Fool, the world’s premier multimedia financial education company, which for the first time was dedicated to charities that are committed to eradicate financial illiteracy. By the generous support from the Motley Fool community, CFED, a national nonprofit organization that has pioneered revolutionary programs that combine financial education with personal savings, will receive a combined total of $33,865 in donations from the community that includes an additional $10,000 bonus from the Fool as the organization receiving the most donations.

Dec 16, 2007

Wal-Mart Grants To CFED And D2D Fund Will Expand Economic Opportunity

The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), a national nonprofit recognized for advancing innovative anti-poverty ideas like matched savings and microenterprise, and Doorways To Dreams (D2D) Fund, which harnesses technology to expand access to financial services, especially asset building opportunities, for low-income families, have been awarded grants from Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart Foundation designed to catapult U.S. savings and asset building practice, policy and markets to a new level of reach and measurable impact.

Nov 21, 2007

CFED Chosen As A 'Foolanthropy' Charity For 2007

Nov 14, 2007

CFED Announces Bank Of America As Sponsor Of 2008 Assets Learning Conference

The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) announced that Bank of America is the initial Platinum Sponsor of its upcoming national conference. Featuring the theme, ADVANCING AMERICA’S ASSETS AGENDA, the biennial conference will draw 1,200 attendees on September 11 – 13, 2008.

Oct 25, 2007

Senate Committee Votes To Reform Asset Limits For Food Stamps

Oct 10, 2007

National Survey Shows Strong Support For Children's Savings Accounts

Oct 8, 2007

Citi Top Funder Of Assets And Opportunity Institute On State Policies To Expand Economic Opportunity

Over 150 policymakers, advocates, researchers and funders convened in San Francisco last week for the 2007 Assets and Opportunity Institute. Organized by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), a national nonprofit recognized for expanding economic opportunity for all Americans, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Institute explored 12 core state policies highlighted in CFED’s 2007-2008 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard that can provide opportunities for families to build assets and safety nets to protect the assets they’ve already got.

Oct 8, 2007