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Cherokee Nation Economic Development Trust Authority, Inc.
Tahlequah OKCDFI Awards for Cherokee Nation Economic Development Trust Authority, Inc.
NA (2008) - $643,827
The Cherokee Nation Economic Development Trust Authority is a certified Native CDFI established in 1989. The CDFI provides access to consumer/commercial financing, facilitates entrepreneurial development through training/technical assistance, and promotes family self-sufficiency through budget counseling. The organization provides services to the Cherokee citizens and American Indians living in fourteen northeastern Oklahoma counties. It will use the 2008 NACA FA award as lending capital and the TA grant to 1) hire staff, 2) attending training, 3) purchase development services curriculums, and 4) procure contracting services. The CDFI was awarded $643,827 ($500,000 Financial Assistance - $143,827 Technical Assistance).
NACA (2005) - $40,880
The Cherokee Nation Economic Development Trust Authority will use the 2005 Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) technical assistance grant of $40,880 to (1) pay for staff training in commercial lending, real estate documentation, financial analysis and collections; (2) to cover staff salary to conduct a market needs assessment; (3) purchase computer hardware and business management and marketing software technology; and (4) to support its operating costs.
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