The Community Investment Impact System (CIIS) is a sophisticated web-based system that allows for the collection of institution and transaction level data from Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) and from New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program allocatees.

Institution level data include the CDFI or NMTC allocatee’s financial position, number of staff, and number of development services clients.  Transaction level data include details on each loan or investment a CDFI or NMTC allocatee makes.  Data include the purpose of the loan or investment, borrower and project address, borrower socio-economic characteristics, loan and investment terms, repayment status, and community development impacts.  These data allow the CDFI Fund to measure impact at the census tract level and to map CDFI and CDE activity in specific geographic locations.

Launched in 2004, CIIS is creating the nation’s first standardized database for CDFI and NMTC allocatee loans and investments. The CIIS database currently contains data from several hundred organizations.

 Research, Findings, and Reports 

• Trend Analysis of CIIS Institutional Level Report Data, FY 2003-2005
• Assessment of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) Program, Training Program & CDFI Certification
  • Background and Response
  • Final Report
  • Cross Site & Case Study
• CDFI Fund Releases Analysis and Data from over 200 CDFIs
• CDFI Fund To Award Up To $1.3 Million In Grants For Community Development Financial Institutions Policy Research
• CDFIs Leverage CDFI Program Awards Nearly $27 to $1 (Feb 2007)
• NMTC Program: Activities Financed Through 2006
• CDFI Fund Releases Initial Data on 2004 NMTC Projects
  • Press Release
  • Data
• The Benefits of a Maturing CDFI Industry (May 2005)
• FY 2001 Annual Survey Results