On May 14, 2021, Novogradac updated its Privacy Policy. You should review this updated Privacy Policy before continuing to use our site. By continuing to use our site, you agree to this updated Privacy Policy.
Sign Up Today!
Community Development QLICIs of the Year Awards
The Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits Community Development QLICIs of the Year Awards recognize community development entities (CDEs) that made exceptional qualified low-income community investments (QLICIs) in the past year.
CDEs are nominated for accomplishments in the categories listed below:
- Metro: The QLICI must have been made in a project located in a metropolitan area as defined by the CDFI Fund.
- Non-Metro: The QLICI must have been made in a project located in a non-metropolitan area as defined by the CDFI Fund.
- Operating Business: The QLICI must have been made in a project occupied exclusively by the primary tenant with more than 50 employees.
- Real Estate: The QLICI must have been made in entities whose predominant business activity is the development (including construction of new facilities and rehabilitation/enhancement of existing facilities), management or leasing of real estate.
- Small Business: The QLICI must have been made in a project occupied exclusively by the primary tenant with 50 or fewer employees.
Metro QLICI of the Year
2020
- Winner: Mott Community College Culinary Arts Facility
CDEs: Cinnaire, Chase New Markets Corporation
2019
- Winner: The Franklin School
CDE: The Innovate Fund LLC
2018
- Winner: Blackburn Building (Eastside Campus)
CDE: Corporation for Supportive Housing LLC and Low-Income Investment Fund LLC
2017
- Winner: The Commons at Stanton Square
CDE: LISC, City First, Morgan Stanley and Capital Impact Partners
2016
- Winner: 800 W Broadway
CDE: Sunrise Banks NA
2015
- Winner: Muller Job Training Facility
CDEs: Citibank NMTC Corporation and DV Community Investment LLC - Honorable Mention: Goodwill Opportunity Campus LLC
CDEs: AMCREF Community Capital and Banc of America CDE
2014
- Winner: Broadway Marketplace at the George Washington Bridge
CDEs: Low Income Investment Fund, DV Community Investment LLC (DVCI) and GS New Markets Fund - Honorable Mention: The Poverello Center
CDE: Montana Community Development Corporation
2013
- Winner: The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Chicago
CDEs: Chicago Development Fund, CapFund New Markets LLC, Park National Bank Initiatives, and Consortium America, LLC - Honorable Mention: Green City Growers Cooperative Inc.
CDEs: HEDC New Markets Inc., PNC New Markets Investment Partners LLC
2012
- Winner: Urban Health Plan
CDE: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Stonehenge Community Development, LLC - Honorable Mention: San Antonio Food Bank
CDE: National New Markets Fund, Texas Mezzanine Fund
2011
- Winner: Children’s Institute Otis Booth Campus Facility
CDE: TELACU/New Markets Community Capital LLC - Honorable Mention: Jazz @ Walter Circle Mixed-Use Senior Housing Development
CDE: Hampton Roads Ventures LLC
2010
- Winner: StreetSquash
CDE: NDC’s HEDC New Markets Inc. - Honorable Mention: American Brewery “Brewhouse” Building
CDE: NTCIC; City First Bank of DC
2009
- Winner: Plaza Adelante
CDE: National New Markets Fund LLC - Honorable Mention: Make It Right New Orleans
CDE: American Community Renewable Energy Fund - Honorable Mention: Miller’s Court
CDE: Enterprise Community Investment
2008
- Winner:Mercy Corps World Headquarters
CDE: National Community Development Fund I, LLC - Honorable Mention: Louisiana Gasification Facility
CDE: American Community Renewable Energy Fund
Non-Metro QLICI of the Year
2020
- Winner: Tippah County Hospital
CDEs: HOPE Enterprise Corporation, MuniStrategies, Capital One, Three Rivers CDE
2019
- Winner: John E. Alexander South Wood County YMCA Inc.
CDEs: Cinnaire and Mid-City Community CDE
2018
- Winner: The Yurok Tribal Community Forest and Salmmon Fishery Preserve
CDE: The Opportunity Fund
2017
- Winner: Williams Sausage
CDE: Stonehenge Community Development, Chase New Markets Corporation, Community Impact Fund, Empowerment Reinvestment Fund (TruFund) and Pacesetter CDE
2016
- Express Grain Terminals LLC
CDEs: AMCREF Community Capital LLC, Hampton Roads Ventures LLC
2015
- Winner: BlueOak Arkansas
CDEs: National New Markets Fund and Heartland Renaissance Fund - Honorable Mention: TDC Cutting Tools / Greenfield Industries
CDEs: Greenville New Markets Opportunity II LLC and Banc of America CDE
2014
- Winner: Makah Dock
CDE: National Development Council - Honorable Mention: Educare Winnebago
CDE: Travois New Markets LLC
2013
- Winner: Fiberight LLC
CDE: Midwest Renewable Capital - Honorable Mention: 4Points Laguna LLC – Pueblo of Laguna
CDE: Finance New Mexico LLC
2012
- Winner: Jordan Lumber and Supply
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital - Honorable Mention: Schulz Xtruded Products LP
CDE: SECDE Ventures LLC, Wells Fargo Community Development Enterprises Inc., National Community Fund LLC
2011
- Winner: Mid America Brick
CDE: Advantage Capital Partners - Honorable Mention: Rockyford Elementary School
CDE: Dakotas America and Citibank NMTC Corporation
2010
- Winner: Goodnews Bay Seafoods
CDEs: Travois New Markets, Waveland Community Development, NCB Capital Impact - Honorable Mention: Rex Lumber
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital, Waveland Ventures
2009
- Winner: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
CDE: Travois New Markets Fund - Honorable Mention: Our Health Community Service Complex Phase II
CDE: Enterprise Community Investment
2008
- Winner: Standing Rock Telecommunications, Inc.
CDE: Dakotas Americas, LLC - Honorable Mention: The Commons
CDE: HEDC New Markets, Inc.
Operating Business QLICI of the Year
2020
- Winner: RWDC Industries
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital LLC
2019
- Winner: Flex-N-Gate Detroit
CDE: Stonehenge Capital, DV Community Investment, HEDC/National Development Council, National New Markets Fund/Strategic Development Solutions and Wells Fargo Community Development
2018
- Winner: Carbon Conversions Inc
CDE: AMCREF Community Hospital
2017
- Winner: Detroit Manufacturing System
CDE: Stonehenge Community Development, Consortium America, Building America CDE and Community Reinvestment Fund
2016
- North Fork Bioenergy Plant
CDE: Central Valley NMTC Fund
2015
- Winner: Winston Plywood & Veneer
CDE: MuniStrategies LLC - Honorable Mention: Atlantic Healthy Foods
CDEs: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership, Urban Action Community Development LLC, Consortium America LLC, The Valued Advisors Fund LLC and United Fund Advisors LLC
2014
- Winner: Recleim SC LLC
CDEs: AMCREF Community Capital LLC and SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC - Honorable Mention: Alabama Aircraft Support LLC
CDEs: MuniStrategies LLC and Stonehenge Community Capital LLC
2013
- Winner: MiraclePlace
CDE: Florida Community Loan Fund, Inc. - Winner: Zilkha Biomass Fuels
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital LLC - Honorable Mention: San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind
CDE: San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind
2012
- Winner: Resinall Corporation
CDE: SECDE Ventures LLC, Munistrategies LLC - Honorable Mention: Meredian Bioplastics Inc.
CDEs: AMCREF Community Capital
2011
- Winner: Stinger Welding Inc.
CDE: Montana Community Development Corporation - Honorable Mention: Baldinger Bakery
CDEs: Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, the Port Authority of the City of St. Paul, Minn.
2010
- Winner: Part of the Solution
CDE: Low Income Investment Fund - Honorable Mention: Evergreen Cooperative Laundry
CDE: US Bancorp CDE, LLC
2009
- Winner: Yonkers Pier
CDE: National Development Council - Honorable Mention: KIPP Los Angeles Prep School
CDE: Excellent Education Development
2008
- Winner: Omaha Standard
CDE: HEDC New Markets, Inc. - Honorable Mention: Habitat for Humanity International Bayou Area
CDE: Smith Associates NMTC II (HFHI SA NMTC II)
Real Estate QLICI of the Year
2020
- Winner: 683 Northland
CDEs: Building America CDE, National Trust Community Investment Corporation
2019
- Winner: Pullman Community Center NFP
CDEs: Citibank, National Community Investment Fund and U.S. Bank Community Development Entity
2018
- Winner: The Monarch Mixed-Use Redevelopment
CDE: DV Community Investment LLC and Chase New Markets Corporation
2017
- Winner: Beacon Center
CDE: The Community Builders CDE LLC
2016
- Studebaker Innovation Center
CDEs: National Trust Community Investment Corporation and Urban Research Park CDE LLC
2015
- Winner: Crosstown Concourse
CDEs: Low Income Investment Fund, Mid-City Community CDE, DV Community Investment LLC, SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC, MidWest Renewable Capital, and National Trust Community Investment Corporation - Honorable Mention: Remington Row Phase I
CDEs: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership, Low Income Investment Fund and Banc of America CDE
2014
- Winner: Triangle Plaza Hub
CDEs: GS New Markets Fund LLC, Low-Income Investment Fund New Markets LLC and National Community Fund I LLC - Honorable Mention: Flint Health and Wellness District
CDEs: Nonprofit Finance Fund, Dakotas America and Chase New Markets Corporation - Honorable Mention: Kent Corner
CDE: SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC
2013
- Winner: Oxford Mills - Center for Educational Excellence
CDEs: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, National Trust Community Investment Corporation - Honorable Mention: The Monarch School
CDEs: National Community Fund I LLC
2012
- Winner: 225 Centre Street
CDEs: Building America CDE, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation - Honorable Mention: Better Family Life Cultural, Educational and Business Center
CDEs: MBS Urban Initiatives CDE
2011
- Winner: Union Mill
CDEs: NCB Capital Impact, SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC - Honorable Mention: Pike Place Market
CDEs: Low Income Investment Fund, Seattle Investment Fund LLC, Kitsap County New Market Tax Credit Facilitators I
2010
- Winner: International Civil Rights Center and Museum
CDEs: Stonehenge Community Development, LLC, US Bancorp CDE LLC - Winner: 54th Street Lions LLC
CDEs: LA Charter School New Markets, ExEd Facilities Round 5, Impact V - Honorable Mention: Restoration Plaza
CDE: National Community Fund I
2009
- Winner: Argonaut Project
CDEs: Consortium America; Enterprise Community Investment; Local Initiative Support Corporation; National New Markets Fund, LLC; NCB Capital Impact; US Bancorp CDC - Honorable Mention: East Baltimore Development
CDE: Enterprise Community Investment
2008
- Winner: Fare Start Culinary Academy
CDE: Community Development Funding, LLC - Honorable Mention: Watts Learning Center
CDE: Los Angeles Charter School New Markets - Honorable Mention: Grand & Olive, LLC
CDEs: National Trust Community Investment Corporation, U.S. Bancorp CDE
Small Business QLICI of the Year
2020
2019
- Winner: InBedCo
CDE: Stonehenge Capital
2015
- Winner: Care Alliance Central Clinic
CDE: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership - Honorable Mention: Erie HealthReach Waukegan Health Center
CDE: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership
2014
- Winner: Tec Centro
CDE: Community First Fund - Honorable Mention: Michigan Renewable Carbon
CDEs: National New Markets Fund and Chase New Markets Corporation
2013
- Winner: St. Anthony Foundation
CDEs: Low Income Investment Fund, and Bank of America - Honorable Mention: El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts Academy of Santa Ana, Phase One
CDE: ExED Facilities XI, LLC
2012
- Winner: Gulf Coast Agricultural and Seafood Co-Op
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital - Honorable Mention: 2011 Grow America Fund
CDE: 2011 Grow America Fund, Carver Community Development Corporation
2011
- Winner: New Los Angeles Charter School
CDEs: LA Charter School New Markets CDE, ExED Facilities V LLC - Honorable Mention: Whittier Street Health Center
CDE: New Markets Partners LP - Honorable Mention: Variety Boys and Girls
CDE: MBS Urban Initiatives CDE
2010
- Winner: Stadium Thriftway
CDE: National Development Council - Honorable Mention: Peak Health & Fitness
CDE: Montana Community Development Corp.
2009
- Winner: Tivest Development
CDE: Capmark Community Development Fund - Honorable Mention: Montana Community Development Corporation
2008
- Winner: Enta Campus and Enta USA
CDE: American Community Renewable Energy Fund - Honorable Mention: Community Transitional School
CDEs: Portland New Markets Fund I, U.S. Bancorp CDE
Podcast Episodes
Posted on May 11, 2021
Posted on May 4, 2021