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
2023
- Winner: DC Central Kitchen's Klein Center for Jobs and Justice
CDE: Chase New Markets Corporation
CDE: CAHEC New Markets
CDE: The Reinvestment Fund - Honorable Mention: HFCC Support Corporation – Towne Twin Village
2022
- Winner: Destination Crenshaw
CDE: USBCDE, LLC
CDE: Lendistry
CDE: Building America CDE, Inc.
CDE: New Markets Support Company (LISC LA) - Honorable Mention: Marygrove Education Center
2021
- Winner: The Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan’s Wonderland
CDE: DV Community Investment
CDE: PeopleFund NMTC, LLC
CDE: CCG Community Partners, LLC - Honorable Mention: Madam Walker Legacy Center
2020
- Winner: Mott Community College Culinary Arts Facility
CDE: Cinnaire
CDE: 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
CDE: Citibank NMTC Corporation
CDE: DV Community Investment LLC - Honorable Mention: Goodwill Opportunity Campus LLC
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital
CDE: Banc of America CDE
2014
- Winner: Broadway Marketplace at the George Washington Bridge
CDE: Low Income Investment Fund
CDE: DV Community Investment LLC (DVCI)
CDE: 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
CDE: Chicago Development Fund
CDE: CapFund New Markets LLC
CDE: Park National Bank Initiatives
CDE: Consortium America, LLC - Honorable Mention: Green City Growers Cooperative Inc.
CDE: HEDC New Markets Inc.
CDE: 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
2023
- Winner: Lauderdale Community Hospital
CDE: USBCDE LLC
CDE: DV Community Investment, LLC
CDE: Hope Enterprise Corporation - Honorable Mention: United Health Services Mountain Youth Academy
2022
- Winner: Ogaakaaning Wild Rice
CDE: USBCDE LLC - Honorable Mention: Matthews International Searcy
2021
- Winner: Lakota Tech
CDE: USBCDE, LLC
CDE: Dakotas America, LLC - Honorable Mention: Coastal Growers LLC
2020
- Winner: Tippah County Hospital
CDE: HOPE Enterprise Corporation
CDE: MuniStrategies
CDE: Capital One
CDE: Three Rivers CDE
2019
- Winner: John E. Alexander South Wood County YMCA Inc.
CDE: Cinnaire
CDE: 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
CDE: Chase New Markets Corporation
CDE: Community Impact Fund
CDE: Empowerment Reinvestment Fund (TruFund)
CDE: Pacesetter CDE
2016
- Express Grain Terminals LLC
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital LLC
CDE: Hampton Roads Ventures LLC
2015
- Winner: BlueOak Arkansas
CDE: National New Markets Fund
CDE: Heartland Renaissance Fund - Honorable Mention: TDC Cutting Tools / Greenfield Industries
CDE: Greenville New Markets Opportunity II LLC
CDE: 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
CDE: Wells Fargo Community Development Enterprises Inc.
CDE: National Community Fund LLC
2011
- Winner: Mid America Brick
CDE: Advantage Capital Partners - Honorable Mention: Rockyford Elementary School
CDE: Dakotas America
CDE: Citibank NMTC Corporation
2010
- Winner: Goodnews Bay Seafoods
CDEs: Travois New Markets
CDE: Waveland Community Development
CDE: NCB Capital Impact - Honorable Mention: Rex Lumber
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital
CDE: 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
2023
- Winner: Santa Cruz Community Health Centers Live Oak Health Clinic
CDE: Primary Care Development Corporation
CDE: HEDC New Markets - Honorable Mention: Advanced Cutting Solutions
2022
- Winner: Coffee Café Bakery
CDE: The Rose Urban Green Fund
CDE: DV Community Investment - Honorable Mention: Petoskey Plastics
2021
- Winner: TemperPack Virginia Inc.
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital LLC - Honorable Mention: Loving Arms LLC
2020
- Winner: RWDC Industries
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital LLC
2019
- Winner: Flex-N-Gate Detroit
CDE: Stonehenge Capital
CDE: DV Community Investment
CDE: HEDC/National Development Council
CDE: National New Markets Fund/Strategic Development Solutions
CDE: Wells Fargo Community Development
2018
- Winner: Carbon Conversions Inc
CDE: AMCREF Community Hospital
2017
- Winner: Detroit Manufacturing System
CDE: Stonehenge Community Development
CDE: Consortium America
CDE: Building America CDE
CDE: 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
CDE: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership
CDE: Urban Action Community Development LLC
CDE: Consortium America LLC
CDE: The Valued Advisors Fund LLC
CDE: United Fund Advisors LLC
2014
- Winner: Recleim SC LLC
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital LLC
CDE: SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC - Honorable Mention: Alabama Aircraft Support LLC
CDE: MuniStrategies LLC
CDE: 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
CDE: Munistrategies LLC - Honorable Mention: Meredian Bioplastics Inc.
CDE: AMCREF Community Capital
2011
- Winner: Stinger Welding Inc.
CDE: Montana Community Development Corporation - Honorable Mention: Baldinger Bakery
CDE: Community Reinvestment Fund, USA
CDE: 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
2023
- Winner: The Freelon at Sugar Hill
CDE: Cinnaire New Markets, LLC
CDE: PNC Community Partners, Inc.
CDE: Building America CDE
CDE: Michigan Community Capital - Honorable Mention: Goodwill Opportunity Campus
2022
- Winner: Ivy Tech Automotive Technology Center
CDE: PNC Community Partners, Inc.
CDE: Indianapolis Redevelopment CDE
CDE: Cinnaire - Honorable Mention: Byrd Barr Place
2021
- Winner: Salt City Market (SCM)
CDE: The Rose Urban Green Fund, LLC
CDE: Chase New Markets Corporation - Honorable Mention: New Market West
2020
- Winner: 683 Northland
CDE: Building America CDE
CDE: National Trust Community Investment Corporation
2019
- Winner: Pullman Community Center NFP
CDE: Citibank, National Community Investment Fund
CDE: 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
CDE: National Trust Community Investment Corporation
CDE: Urban Research Park CDE LLC
2015
- Winner: Crosstown Concourse
CDE: Low Income Investment Fund
CDE: Mid-City Community CDE
CDE: DV Community Investment LLC
CDE: SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC
CDE: MidWest Renewable Capital
CDE: National Trust Community Investment Corporation - Honorable Mention: Remington Row Phase I
CDE: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership
CDE: Low Income Investment Fund
CDE: Banc of America CDE
2014
- Winner: Triangle Plaza Hub
CDE: GS New Markets Fund LLC
CDE: Low-Income Investment Fund New Markets LLC
CDE: National Community Fund I LLC - Honorable Mention: Flint Health and Wellness District
CDE: Nonprofit Finance Fund
CDE: Dakotas America
CDE: Chase New Markets Corporation - Honorable Mention: Kent Corner
CDE: SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC
2013
- Winner: Oxford Mills - Center for Educational Excellence
CDE: ESIC New Markets Partners Limited Partnership
CDE: Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
CDE: National Trust Community Investment Corporation - Honorable Mention: The Monarch School
CDE: National Community Fund I LLC
2012
- Winner: 225 Centre Street
CDE: Building America CDE
CDE: Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation - Honorable Mention: Better Family Life Cultural, Educational and Business Center
CDE: MBS Urban Initiatives CDE
2011
- Winner: Union Mill
CDE: NCB Capital Impact
CDE: SunTrust Community Development Enterprises LLC - Honorable Mention: Pike Place Market
CDE: Low Income Investment Fund
CDE: Seattle Investment Fund LLC
CDE: Kitsap County New Market Tax Credit Facilitators I
2010
- Winner: International Civil Rights Center and Museum
CDE: Stonehenge Community Development, LLC
CDE: US Bancorp CDE LLC - Winner: 54th Street Lions LLC
CDE: LA Charter School New Markets
CDE: ExEd Facilities Round 5
CDE: Impact V - Honorable Mention: Restoration Plaza
CDE: National Community Fund I
2009
- Winner: Argonaut Project
CDE: Consortium America
CDE: Enterprise Community Investment
CDE: Local Initiative Support Corporation
CDE: National New Markets Fund, LLC
CDE: 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
CDE: National Trust Community Investment Corporation
CDE: U.S. Bancorp CDE
Small Business QLICI of the Year
2023
- Winner: Detroit Food Commons
CDE: Michigan Community Capital
CDE: New Markets Investment
CDE: U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance - Honorable Mention: Indy Fresh Market
2021
- Winner: Paul's Place - Groundwork Kitchen
CDE: Cinnaire New Markets
CDE: The Community Builders, Inc. - Honorable Mention: Green Era Sustainability Campus
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
CDE: National New Markets Fund
CDE: Chase New Markets Corporation
2013
- Winner: St. Anthony Foundation
CDE: Low Income Investment Fund
CDE: 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
CDE: LA Charter School New Markets CDE
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
CDE: Portland New Markets Fund I
CDE: U.S. Bancorp CDE
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