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

• Winner: PhoneSoap
  ​CDE: Stonehenge Community Development

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

View All Past Award Programs