Integrated Asset Building Strategies: A 27-Year Retrospective of First Nations Development Institute

In late 2007, First Nations produced a report that documents over a quarter-century of work on several key asset-building strategies in Native communities, including financial education, individual development accounts (IDAs), community development financial institutions (CDFIs), entrepreneurship development, and building Native controlled philanthropic foundations and funds. Drawing upon a unique mix of practitioner perspectives and academic research, this report presents data on asset-building programs in Native communities and documents successful models.

Download Chapters of the Report:

Chapter 2: Financial Education

Chapter 3: Native IDAs

Chapter 4: Native Philanthropy

Chapter 5: Earned Income Tax Credit

Chapter 6: Native Community Development Financial Institutions

Chapter 7: Native Entrepreneurship

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