Native CDFI Practitioner Certification Program
Strengthening Native CDFIs
Oweesta Corporation offers a Native CDFI Practitioner Certification Program uniquely adapted to the cultural context of Native CDFIs. This training provides an overview of all areas of Native CDFI operations, including basic financial management, lending, development services, impact tracking, marketing, capitalization, and more. The Certification Program offers four tracks (with additional options for Native CDFI Board members) to specialize in Lending, Executive Management, Development Services, and/or Financial Management; each of which include a series of trainings.
This training program is unmatched. It was developed following extensive key information interviews with Native CDFI practitioners, consultants, and Oweesta partners and teaches on activities specific to Native CDFI practitioners, such as performing collateral perfection on Indian trust land or leveraging resources available only to Tribal nations.
To learn more about the Certification Program, contact Director of Programs Heather Rademacher Taylor at heather@oweesta.org.
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Fundamentals Week is a required foundational training for each track. For seasoned professionals who already have the fundamentals down, we have an option to test out of this training. Requirements are:
Training Program | Tentative Dates |
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Fundamentals Week | March 14-18, 2022 March 2023 |
Effective Fundraising and Capitalization | August 2022 |
Financial Management II – Asset/Liability Management, Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting, Budgeting | April 2023 |
Executive Training | November 2023 |
Training Program | Tentative Dates |
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Fundamentals Week | March 14-18 2022 March 2023 |
Financial Management I – Accounting Principles, Nonprofit Financial Statements, Fund Accounting | February 2023 |
Financial Management II – Asset/Liability Management, Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting, Budgeting | April 2023 |
Training Program | Tentative Dates |
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Fundamentals Week | March 14-18, 2022 March 2023 |
Underwriting – Consumer, Business, Housing | September 2022 |
Loan Portfolio Management | October 2022 |
Training Program | Tentative Dates |
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Fundamentals Week | March 14-18 2022 March 2023 |
Two of the following Building Native Communities (BNC) trainings | Tentative Dates |
BNC Coaching | April 2022 |
BNC Financial Skills | May 2022 |
BNC Youth | June 2022 |
BNC Financial Skills | August 2022 |
BNC Coaching | September 2022 |
BNC Youth | November 2022 |