{"id":5122,"date":"2022-08-24T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2022-08-24T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:26:03","slug":"trailblazer-award-for-disability-finance-nominate-by-sept-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=5122","title":{"rendered":"Trailblazer Award for Disability Finance \u2013 Nominate by Sept 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/disability-finance.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/disability-finance.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1661434643473000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1NQUWmdA3cX-0bF2nokHdt\">National Disability Finance Coalition (\u201cNDFC\u201d)<\/a>&nbsp;proudly announces the establishment of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/disability-finance.org\/ndfc-trailblazer-award\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/disability-finance.org\/ndfc-trailblazer-award\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1661434643473000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30t7sXJbk1W6o6OMeaEeHw\"><strong><em>NDFC Trailblazer Award<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>This award recognizes, rewards, and celebrates meaningful contribution to expanding accessibility within the community development finance field. The 2022 awardee will receive a $10,000 stipend and recognition at a ceremony in New York City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential awardees may self-nominate or be nominated by someone familiar with their work. Eligible nominees are CDFIs and other mission-driven lenders providing financial products and services that benefit people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominees exemplify the following characteristics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track record of offering financial products and services to people with disabilities<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorporating accessibility into diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awardees may use the $10,000 stipend that comes with the award to further the accessibility commitment of their organization for internal use or as a pass-through to support current customers or strategic partners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please submit nominations by completing the Nominating Form by&nbsp;<strong>Friday, September 30, 2022.<\/strong>&nbsp;Please note NDFC Board member organizations are ineligible to apply for the award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to Nominate an Organization for the NDFC Trailblazer Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/uBB7PRPHyDQ41nkH8\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/uBB7PRPHyDQ41nkH8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1661434643473000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2emhoSFdBe7x2K6n_5Ojv_\"><strong>The nomination form can be accessed through this online link<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The information requested and nomination questions are as follows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nominee Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name of Organization:<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organization Type: (CDFI\/Other)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organization Website:<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address:<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Person submitting the nomination:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Organization<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Role<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Email<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Phone<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nomination Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain how the nominee exemplifies one or more of the award criteria:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Track record offering financial products and services to people with disabilities<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporating accessibility into diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide a story to illustrate the nominee\u2019s commitment to accessibility in community development finance. Pictures and\/or links may be included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=5122\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;National Disability Finance Coalition (\u201cNDFC\u201d)&nbsp;proudly announces the establishment of the&nbsp;NDFC Trailblazer Award.&nbsp;This award recognizes, rewards, and celebrates meaningful contribution to expanding accessibility within the community development finance field. The 2022 awardee will receive a $10,000 stipend and recognition at a ceremony in New York City. &nbsp; Potential awardees may self-nominate or be nominated by someone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5123,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions\/5123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}