The CDFI Fund has opened the 2014 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program. The program's notice makes available up to $5 billion in tax credit allocation authority. The New Markets Tax Credit provides a tax credit to investors who make qualified equity investments in Community Development Entities (CDEs) which then invest the capital into projects in low-income communities. Since its inception, the NMTC Program has made 836 awards to CDEs totaling $40 billion in tax credit allocation authority. The deadline for CDE Certification applications is August 22. The deadline for the NMTC electronic application is October 1 and the deadline for prior allocatees' issuance of qualified equity investments is January 30, 2015.