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About Us
The Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition (Mountain | Plains Coalition) is a network of mission-driven financial institutions that is successfully deploying capital into previously under resourced rural and Native markets, resulting in job growth and wealth creation. As of 2024, the Mountain | Plains Coalition collectively maintains a 1.32% default rate, which exceeds the national average by three times.
461%
$26.1M
INCREASE IN $ LOANS CLOSED
2024 DOLLARS CLOSED
Community Impact Snapshot
INCREASE IN # LOANS CLOSED
1502
2024 LOANS CLOSED
2019 - 2024
35%
218%
INCREASE IN JOBS CREATED
955.5
2019-2024 JOBS CREATED
718%
INCREASE IN JOBS RETAINED
1018.5
2019-2024 JOBS RETAINED
Our Members
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Four Bands Community Fund
Eagle Butte, SD
People's Partner for Community Development
Lame Deer, MT
Native American Development Corporation
Billings, MT
Montana Native Growth Fund
Hays, MT
Mountain Plains Community Development Corporation
Sioux Falls, SD
Akiptan, Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
NACDC Financial Services, Inc.
Browning, MT
Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation
Crow Agency, MT
Wind River Development Fund
Fort Washakie, WY
Amplify Strength | Unify Action | Sustain Generations
Beyond Capital: The Story of Native CDFIs and the Buffalo Economy
Across the Mountain | Plains region, Native Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) are leading a powerful shift, one grounded in trust, relationship, and shared power.
This is the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition.
We invite you to witness what becomes possible when capital follows Indigenous ways of being.
Fortifying a Robust Indigenous Finance Industry in the Mountains | Plains Region
Brookings Institute | May 21, 2024
Native CDFIs Launch First of its Kind Regional Revolving Loan Fund
Cut Bank Pioneer Press | February 18, 2025
Improving Access to Funding for Indigenous Communities
United States Census Bureau | January 12, 2024
In The News
Regional Coalition of 9 Native CDFIs awarded $45M to Support Native Households and Businesses in South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming & North Dakota
Women’s Foundation of Montana | October 21, 2022
Native Leaders from the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition Reimagine Local Regional Economies from the Ground Up
Northwest Area Foundation | January 31, 2023
Local Governments’ Vital Role in Getting Small Businesses the Funding They Need
Governing | February 14th, 2023
Supporting the Indigenous Finance System on the Mountain Plains
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | February 23, 2024
Equitable Lending Leaders: Fostering Inclusive Entrepreneurial Lending in Indigenous Communities
Economic Development Administration | November 17, 2023
Client Impacts
“I would like to thank Plenty Doors CDC for the programs they provide, and helping the Apsaalooke people in a financial world where your credit score plays a vital role in getting the best out of this life.”
- Charles J. Yarlott Jr., Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation Borrower
“When I talked to Paula Crawford, she was so nice and kind. I got hope again and was ready to do whatever it takes so our family will have a home. Paula was very clear, she explained in detail exactly what we needed.”
- Tommy and Jennifer Heavy Runner, NACDC Financial Services, Inc. Borrower
“NACDC not only assisted me monetarily but also with financial literacy. It makes me more aware. I am very, very much appreciative in all that NACDC has done for me and my whole family. Thank you.”
– Joleen Weatherwax, NACDC Financial Services, Inc. Borrower
$52,998,317*
2022-2024 COALITION INVESTMENTS
*Includes $45,045,817 Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Challenge Grant. As of 2022, it was the largest single investment ever made into the Indigenous Finance Industry.
Fortifying the Indigenous Finance Industry
$65.8M
379%
TOTAL PORTFOLIO VALUE IN 2024
TOTAL PORTFOLIO GROWTH
$143.1M
409%
2019 - 2024
TOTAL NATIVE CDFI ASSETS IN 2024
NATIVE CDFI ASSET GROWTH
121
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN 2024
158%
FULL TIME EMPLOYEE GROWTH
“Every client is different – with a different story to tell and a different path to get to their goal. At the end of the day, we're creating pathways to those solutions and those goals for our communities.”
Tommy Robinson, Four Bands Community Fund, Regional Revolving Loan Fund Manager
Growing Indigenous Economies
386
EDUCATION COURSES OFFERED
2019 - 2024
3492
ATTENDEES OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES
15763
HOURS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DELIVERED
89%
NATIVE BORROWERS SERVED THROUGH THE EDA RLF
“My favorite part is seeing the younger generations looking up and knowing there’s more they can do — that they can broaden their horizons, do something bigger and better, and help their communities. It’s really cool to watch how even the limited loans I’ve done are making an impact, and it’s incredible to see the younger generations look up and see success.”
Whisper Kelly, People’s Partner for Community Development, Agriculture Loan Officer
$15,677
AVERAGE LOAN SIZE PRIOR TO RLF (before 2023)
$243,565
AVERAGE RLF LOAN SIZE
1454%
INCREASE AVERAGE LOAN SIZE
90.6%
RURAL MARKETS SERVED BY RLF
Regional Revolving Loan Fund
First of its kind, the Mountain | Plains Coalition’s Regional Revolving Loan Fund is providing flexible, affordable financing solutions required to transform ideas, market driven research, and informal operations into small business firms that create real economic value.
*As of September 30, 2025
Loan Deployment by Industry
As of September 30, 2025
64 LOANS ALIGNED
57.8% of borrowers are women
$15,588,130 TOTAL RLF DOLLARS ALIGNED
For A Deeper Dive
Debunking Myths: Indigenous Finance in the Mountain | Plains Region
False narratives limit the flow of capital in Native markets. For generations, Indigenous-led solutions have been underestimated or overlooked. The Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition challenges these myths through lived experience, peer-driven strategies, and real data.
Our Partners
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Rooted in relationship and guided by trust, Native CDFIs across the Mountain | Plains region are building financial systems that work for their communities. We invite you to join us in creating a future where capital is led by Indigenous values.