by admin | Jun 5, 2025 | News
Last month, Chi Ishobak had the pleasure of giving back to the native artist community through the Native Arts Ecology Building Grant from First Peoples Fund. We were awarded the grant through an application process and were allowed to distribute the funds to...
by admin | Dec 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Chi Ishobak proudly attended the 5th Annual Native CDFI Network Summit, a gathering dedicated to empowering Native communities through innovative financial strategies. This year’s summit brought together leaders, advocates, and changemakers from across the country to...
by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | News
Difference Makers 2.0 is a new yearlong series from Native CDFI Network and Tribal Business News that highlights how Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) work alongside their small business clients to accelerate change and...
by admin | Oct 20, 2022 | News
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., and Dowagiac, Mich. – The Women’s Business Center (WBC) at Cornerstone Alliance recently announced a partnership with Chi Ishobak, Inc. The WBC is the leading regional provider of technical, business, and financial assistance to small...
by admin | Oct 13, 2022 | Success Stories
One of our longtime partners at Chi Ishobak has been Steve Rider, Government Manager at Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We started working with Steve when he lived in Seattle. Despite not growing up in the Michigan area, he began learning about his tribe as it started...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Success Stories
(July 2020) After years of working in Human Resources and Talent Development – along with a stint in Culinary school in NYC – J Dutton has taken a much-loved hobby and side hustle and is turning it into a full-fledged business. A very sweet one. J...
by admin | Nov 17, 2020 | News
November, 2020 Dowagiac, MI – Flagstar Bank is keeping a promise and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves by giving $1 million in grants to help small businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and people of color whose operating...
by admin | Nov 17, 2020 | News
November, 2020 Dowagiac, MI – Sean Winters, Executive Director of Chi-Ishobak, announced that the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) awarded Chi Ishobak $50,000 as part of the COVID-19 CDFI Grant Program. Generously supported by Morgan Stanley, this...
by admin | Nov 13, 2020 | News
Small businesses can apply for grants of $5,000 Company Release – 11/9/2020 2:14 PM ET TROY, Mich., Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Flagstar Bank is keeping a promise and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves...
by admin | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
November 2, 2020 / Newswire OFN is pleased to announce 70 awardees of the COVID-19 CDFI Grant Program, totaling $4.9 million in funding. Generously supported by Morgan Stanley, this...
