Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance. In partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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• Eligibility & Applications
• Selection Committee
• About Opportunity Finance
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• The Awards
• The Million Dollar Awards
• The $25,000 Awards
• The 2011 Awardees
• The 2010 Awardees
• The 2009 Awardees
• The 2008 Awardees
• The 2007 Awardees
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The Awards

The aim of the Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance is to propel high-potential CDFIs to a next level of growth, success, and staying power. As a result, these mission-driven financial institutions will have even greater capacity to innovate, to drive positive policy and systems change, and to deliver tangible benefits to their communities and target markets.

More broadly, the Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Awards celebrate the entire opportunity finance industry—its creativity, accomplishments, and enduring importance. By bridging market gaps and helping mainstream financial institutions and the public sector connect to low- and moderate-income customers and communities, CDFIs are continuously creating opportunities to transform underserved markets and to build a more secure and prosperous future for us all.

Learn more about the Million Dollar Awards.

Learn more about the $25,000 Awards.

Successful candidates for the Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Awards will be premier CDFIs with a history of outstanding accomplishment, a bold and compelling vision, extraordinary future potential for growth, innovation and impact, and a high degree of readiness to successfully accept, use, and leverage a large, flexible investment.