Training & Technical Assistance

First Nations Oweesta Corporation’s training and technical assistance department offers expert training and customized follow-up assistance to not only help Native communities assess the demand for starting a Native community development financial institution, but also takes them, step-by-step, through the process of establishing one of these proven and innovative financial institutions. Creating Native community development financial institutions is becoming an increasingly popular way for Native people to build stronger, more self-sufficient communities and nations. Native community development financial institutions help to develop local economies by creating entrepreneurs and businesses, increasing homeownership, and empowering community members to reach their financial goals. For more information, please visit our Trainings and Technical Assistance page.

Lending & Capitalization

First Nations Oweesta Corporation understands how crucial investment capital is to a Native community development financial institution; therefore investing in the communities we serve is a priority. We make every effort to provide loans to qualifying organizations, enabling them to reinvest the capital back into their communities or to use as leverage to attract other capital. First Nations Oweesta makes loans to various types of Native community development financial institutions such as small business loan funds and credit associations that make consumer, business and housing loans. We also lend to housing loan funds that use money to capitalize construction loan funds or for mortgage lending. For more information, please visit our Lending and Capitalization page.

Research & Publications

First Nations Oweesta Corporation serves as a voice for native Communities to help inform policy that supports Native community development. By Speaking out on relevant issues, we are able to affect change at state and federal levels to further not only our efforts, but the efforts of our clients to create healthy, thriving local economies. We encourage Native communities to join us in our advocacy work. It is within unity that we will find strength in our collective voices. For more information, please visit our Research and Publications page.

CONTACT US

First Nations Oweesta Corporation
2432 Main Street, 1st Floor
Longmont, CO 80501
303.774.8838
info@oweesta.org

Oweesta is an equal opportunity employer and provider.

ABOUT OWEESTA

Oweesta is the only existing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities. Specifically, Oweesta provides training, technical assistance, investments, research, and policy advocacy to help Native communities develop an integrated range of asset-building products and services, including financial education and financial products.

Asset-building tools stimulate reservation economies by providing tribal members the opportunity to acquire financial management skills and build and accumulate assets through small business creation, homeownership, education, and much more.

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