This report explores the grantmaking activity of an extensive sample of community foundations and local United Way affiliates, with a particular focus on the support they provide to organizations involved in community and economic development.

Revenue and employment improved for small businesses since 2020, but performance largely lags prepandemic levels. Financing approval rates continued to trend lower than in years prior to the pandemic.

This series of regional profiles examines how measures of financial inclusion, credit use, and distress have changed since the onset of the pandemic, both overall and by neighborhood characteristics.