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TRUIMPACT ANNOUNCEMENT – TruFund Financial Services Congratulates Monica Edwards for Being Named in the 2023 Responsible 100

NEW YORK, NY | January 2, 2024 – TruFund Financial Services is proud to announce that Monica Edwards, Senior Vice President & Director of New Markets Tax Credit at TruFund, has been recognized as one of the "2023 Responsible 100" by City & State New York. The Responsible 100 program, an init...

TRUIMPACT ANNOUNCEMENT – TruFund Announces Closing of the Grand Concourse NMTC Investment in New York

NEW YORK, NY- December 21, 2023 – Empowerment Reinvestment Fund (ERF), a subsidiary of TruFund Financial Services, Inc. (TruFund, is proud to announce the closing of the Grand Concourse New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction! ERF’s NMTC allocation of $5 million, joins the allocation from three ad...

TRUIMPACT STORY | Lakou Cafe

Cassandre's journey from the corporate world to becoming the owner and general manager of Lakou Cafe in Weeksville, Brooklyn, is an inspiring tale of transformation and community impact. Recognizing the need for a space that would bring the community together, offer healthy food options, and promote...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. Announces Charles Foster as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

NEW YORK, May 4, 2023 – TruFund Financial Services (TruFund) is proud to announce  the appointment of Charles Foster as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  As the CFO and a member of TruFund's Executive Leadership, Foster will oversee all areas of  the company’s fiscal manageme...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. Today Announced Monica Edwards Joins its Senior Leadership Team as Senior Vice President, Director of The Empowerment Reinvestment Fund – New Markets Tax Credit Platform

New York, New York, December 13, 2022 –TruFund Financial Services (TruFund), is proud to announce and welcome, Monica Edwards to our Leadership Team  as the Senior Vice President, Director of the Empowerment Reinvestment Fund, New Markets Tax Credit platform.   As a  member of the senior leadership ...

TRUIMPACT STORY: “TruFund was critical to our business during the COVID-19 period.”

TruFund is proud to support Francilia Rahim Wilkins, founder and CEO of R.F. Wilkins Consultants, a business development and management consulting firm. Since Francilia founded the company 11 years ago at the young age of 23, R.F. Wilkins Consultants has grown to become one of the top 0.1% of Africa...

E.A.T. Culinary Professional Inc.

E.A.T. w/ Culinary Professional Inc. is a full-service food company that provides various culinary services to its communities, such as catering, banquet services, and food education with menu planning and healthy eating. James Paterson, the current CEO and Beverage Director, has over thirty years o...

The Sill

“Being a young business in a field that not many people understand, I knew it would be difficult to get a loan from a bank and pay their interest rates. I wanted to partner with an organization that would be more manageable and tailored to small businesses. A partnership with Trufund was actually me...

Los Ninos

“When my wife was 7 months pregnant, and we had only 9 people working, we ran the business from our studio apartment. Since then, we’ve grown tremendously. We’ve acquired 3 companies, set contracts for 10 additional counties, and have grown overall by 21%”                 - Scott Mesh, PhD. Executiv...

Tri-State Biodiesel, LLC

“We had to borrow money through TruFund to get the company off the ground, but now we are profitable.” Brent Baker, CEO - Tri-State Biodiesel The Business Tri-State Biodiesel collects material from 3,500 restaurants in New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York.  The oil is then delivered to its Hunts Po...