NFF President & CEO Clara Miller Named to The NonProfit Times 2009 Power & Influence Top 50

New York, NY — September 17, 2009 — The editors of The NonProfit Times have named Clara Miller, Nonprofit Finance Fund President & CEO, to the publication's 12th annual NPT Power and Influence Top 50. This is Ms. Miller's forth consecutive year on the list, which recognizes the nonprofit sector's top executives and thinkers for the impact they have made, and for the innovative plans they are putting in place to evolve the charitable sector. Ms. Miller's accomplishments are being celebrated today at The NPT Power & Influence Top 50 Gala at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

In naming her to the list, The NonProfit Times stated, "Miller's views go in the opposite direction of conventional wisdom and she's generally correct."

Ms. Miller founded and has led Nonprofit Finance Fund for over 25 years. The organization provides loans, capacity building, and strategic financial consulting services, serving both social sector organizations and their funders. A 2007 Fast Company Social Capitalist award-winner, NFF has helped thousands of nonprofit organizations strengthen their financial health and improve their capacity to serve their communities. Ms. Miller is currently a board member of GuideStar, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Enterprise Community Loan Fund, and is Treasurer of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Board. She serves on the Independent Sector's Nonprofit Programs and Practice Committee.

Other honorees from this year's NPTPower & Influence Top 50 include Steve Gunderson (President & Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Foundations), Diana Aviv (President & CEO of Independent Sector), Bill Gates (Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), and Lorie A. Slutsky (President of New York Community Trust). For the full list of award recipients, please visit: www.nonprofitfinancefund.orgfilesfiles/docs/2009/NPTtop50_2009.pdf .

ABOUT NONPROFIT FINANCE FUND
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a national leader in nonprofit, philanthropic and social enterprise finance. Founded in 1980, NFF (http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org) provides loans, access to capital and consulting services that build the capacity and the financial health of nonprofits. A leading community development financial institution with over $80 million in assets, NFF has provided over $190 million in loans and access to additional financing via grants, tax credits and capital in support of over $1 billion in projects for thousands of nonprofit clients nationwide. NFF has a staff of more than 75 serving nonprofits nationally from offices in Philadelphia, New York City, Newark, Boston, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

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