Community Development Bank, FSB

516 Main Street West, P.O. Box 38
Ogema MN, 56569-0038


Incorporated in 1908 as the Ogema State Bank, the Community Development Bank is a full-service bank located on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Northwest Minnesota serving the area farmers and tribal members. The vision of the Bank is to spearhead economic development within areas of high poverty and unemployment with special focus on affordable home mortgage lending.

CDFI Awards for Community Development Bank, FSB


FA (2007) - $480,000

Community Development Bank, FSB, is a for-profit federally chartered savings bank. It has been operating under its current ownership since 2001. It is a certified CDFI that serves the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota. The community bank also serves three contiguous counties in Minnesota - Becker, Clearwater, and Mahnomen. Its focuses on consumer banking services, home mortgage lending, and asset building primarily targeting Native Americans. Community Development Bank will use its FY07 Financial Assistance award to make more loans, increase its loan loss reserves, and develop a more targeted marketing program.



FA (2005) - $877,800

The CDFI Fund"s Financial Assistance award of $877,800 will be used to establish the Native and Emerging Markets Fund, a $2 million loan pool to make home mortgage and consumer loans to low-income minorities on the White Earth Reservation and in the nearby rural community of Blackduck. The $50,000 technical assistance award will fund the bank"s first ATM machines to provide 24-hour banking services in three sites as well as improve their technology to track impact.



BEA (2002) - $240,382

Community Development Bank, F.S.B. of Ogema, Minnesota, received $240,382 for Development and Service Activities.



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