CDFI Impact Performance

CDFI Impact Performance

Hear from CDFI borrowers to map the experience and impact of receiving a loan. Gain new insights on customer outcomes and challenges.

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Product Features

Data directly from Loan Customers

Standard phone survey, using tested questions, to gather data on key dimensions of CDFI Impact. All data collection and analysis done by 60 Decibels

Actionable insights

Provides actionable data on borrower profile, financial access and management, business outlook and borrower experience. Share the results to inform marketing and improve customer service and user experience

Benchmarking

Compare the impact of your loans to those of your peers and benchmarks in the sector. Use these peer insights to support product development and fundraising

Talk to us about our CDFI Impact Performance tool if:

You’re a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) lender looking to understand the impact of your loans, compared to relevant sector benchmarks
You provide technical assistance or business support tools and want to understand if and how they are helping small businesses to grow
You are seeking more human stories and narratives around impact outcomes to complement your existing loan data

Related Insights

How successful were CDFIs in helping California businesses rebound from COVID?

The California Rebuilding Fund loans served as a critical capital injection for many small businesses in the wake of the pandemic. In a report from 60 Decibels, over three quarters of surveyed owners said their stress levels related to finances have decreased because the support from CDFIs.