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Empowering Black Wealth: Aisha T. Weeks Spearheads the Dearfield Fund’s Mission to Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap
Dearfield Managing Director Aisha T. Weeks featured in National Organization of African Americans in Housing newsletter focused on women making history in housing.
Axios: 3 financial resources for Denver homebuyers
By Brianna Crane The U.S. Black homeownership rate (45.9%) is nearly 30 percentage points lower than the white homeownership rate (73.8%), per the latest from the Federal Reserve. To help close the gap, there are a number of local programs and tools geared toward...
Video: Dearfield Fund Annual Impact Report
The story of the Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth weaves together the vision of Black and African American pioneers, the dreams of first-time homeowners today and the wealth generated for future generations. We are proud to share this story – our Annual Impact Report.
Denver Post: Down-payment programs help Colorado’s Black first-time homebuyers in push to close historic equity gaps
Nahjee Maybin feels fortunate to be fulfilling the American dream of graduating college, landing employment and saving enough money to buy a first home for his family — particularly when he considers the myriad ways government and society historically hindered Black...
Dearfield Fund Wins 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability
The Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of four winners of the 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability from more than 200 applicants. The Ivory Prize is a national award to recognize ambitious, feasible and scalable...
The Dearfield Fund Welcomes Client Success Manager Tiffany Roan
Tiffany Roan has joined the Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth as the Client Success Manager. In this newly created role, Tiffany will create and implement a welcome and onboarding program for individuals interested in buying a home.
Builder Magazine: Ivory Innovations Reveals The 2023 Ivory Prize Top 25
The Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth is among the 25 finalists for this national prize honoring the very best in innovative housing affordability programs.
Racial inequities: Black Coloradans often face barriers in homeownership
“Think about the wealth that was created during (the ‘40s and ‘50s) that White families have been able to leverage generation after generation, either to send their kids to college, to be able to start a business, to writing a check for their loved ones to be able to...
How impact investments are helping build healthy communities
Source: ImpactAlpha As a relatively new impact investor, RWJF is working to deeply embed racial equity in how we do our work and the outcome we hope to see. Our Impact Investments team calls this our “3P” strategy: investing in diverse people, providing the field...