What is CRA 101?

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) encourages banks to help meet the credit and financial needs of the communities they serve, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. At its heart, CRA is about connection — ensuring that financial institutions and communities grow stronger together.

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CRA 101 is designed to help nonprofit and community leaders better understand how CRA works, so you can more confidently approach financial institutions with partnership ideas that support local impact.

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Why It Matters

When community organizations understand CRA, it becomes easier to develop meaningful, mission-aligned partnerships that support economic stability, small business growth, homeownership, and neighborhood revitalization. This session will help you: 

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• What the Community Reinvestment Act means for your organization's work

• How to access and interpret key neighborhood data

• How to build meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships with banks

• Where opportunities exist to align your programs with community investment priorities
  
   

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Support CRA 101: Banks & Nonprofits Teaming Up for Community Change

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When you support CRA 101: Banks & Nonprofits Teaming Up for Community Change, you’re doing more than supporting an event — you’re investing in people and possibilities.
 

Your investment helps fund scholarships for Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), a powerful program that teaches community members how to buy and successfully run existing businesses. This approach opens doors to ownership, helps keep local businesses in our neighborhoods, and creates jobs that build lasting economic strength.
 

Together, we can make business ownership and community empowerment a reality for more people by joining forces to build stronger communities, one business at a time. Become a supporter today and help turn this vision into action.