The Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition (Mountain | Plains) is made up of nine Native CDFIs from South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, and one CDC, which the Mountain | Plains Coalition collectively co-founded. The Mountain | Plains Coalition is primarily led by Native women who are fortifying the regional Indigenous Finance Industry. In 2022, Mountain | Plains Coalition received a five-year, $45 million investment as one of 21 awardees of the Economic Development Administration's, Build Back Better Regional Challenge. At the time, this investment was the single largest investment into the Native CDFI industry since its founding in 1985. With this seed capital, the Mountain | Plains Coalition is implementing a holistic, five-year strategy to reimagine and actualize capital systems that center relationship, reciprocity, and resilience.

Brookings Metro launched a new case study series in 2024 analyzing how winning coalitions from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge are meeting their goal of developing and strengthening regional industry clusters across the country.

The Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition is showcased in its own case study!  Please amplify this story across your networks!

The locations and members of the Mountain | Plains Native CDFI Coalition

The locations of the CDFIs who make up the Mountain | Plains Regional CDFI Coalition is important, as it centers Native communities served while highlighting the restoration of the region’s traditional Native economies