CDFIs finance community businesses, including small businesses, microenterprises, nonprofit organizations, commercial real estate, and affordable housing.
To find an OFN Member CDFI in your state, use the search criteria below. You can also visit our Member Profile Directory to learn about their important work.
The Entrepreneur Fund is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loans and guidance to start-up and existing small businesses in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Believing that small and micro-businesses are crucial elements of community-based economic growth, the Entrepreneur Fund works to foster entrepreneurial spirit and self-employment opportunities. NEEF helps people with planning, expansion, strategy and goal development. Since 1989, the Entrepreneur Fund has helped create and retain over 1,800 jobs.
Entrepreneur Works creates pathways of opportunity for talented yet underserved entrepreneurs. Across the Philadelphia region our clients start and grow small businesses, create jobs for themselves and their neighbors, and strengthen the local economy. As a non-profit organization offering access to small business loans, training, and one-on-one counseling, EWF empowers small business owners from all walks of life to prosper and build sustainable communities.
At Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF), our mission is to help New York businesses grow by providing small business loans and advisory services. As a nonprofit organization and a U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), we’re a responsible lender you can trust.
We understand that many small businesses can have difficulty getting traditional bank financing and EGF can help. Our products are affordable and flexible, and our advisory services can help you reach your business goals. Our signature product, the EGF SmartLoan™, provides up to $100,000 through a streamlined online platform. Loans are approved in 1-2 days and funded in a week.
Fahe is an association of 37 nonprofit housing organizations producing affordable housing for low-income families in Central Appalachia. Fahe has pioneered many innovative approaches to rural housing, developed a regional Housing Development Fund currently capitalized at nearly $30 million and designed a model homeownership program. Fahe currently has net assets exceeding $14.2 million (47.5% of total assets). Over 89% of assets are mortgage loans to low- income families or notes issued for development activities.
Finance Fund Capital Corporation was established as a lending affiliate of Finance Fund in 2002 and was certified as a CDFI in 2009. The mission is to provide access to capital to promote development in low-income communities. Its goals are to strengthen resources and increase access to capital to promote community development. In order to maximize impact, a flexible loan portfolio is maintained that focuses on Housing, Small Business & Community Facility Loans. Lending in these areas helps to empower community businesses, increase stability and capacity, provide credit into tight credit markets, and encourages greater community impacts.
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce (AICCW) exists to promote economic development in Wisconsin Indian Country through directed service delivery to American Indian entrepreneurs. Since our inception in 1991, we have remained committed to providing statewide advocacy, networking, one-to-one business management counseling and access to financial products and services to Wisconsin-based American Indian business people.
First State Community Loan Fund (FSCLF) is a not-for-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that specializes in supporting microenterprises, small businesses, and affordable housing throughout the State of Delaware. FSCLF leverages funds from investors and contributors to lend for the start-up and expansion of businesses, the construction and renovation of affordable housing and the provision of essential community services. FSCLF was established in 1993 and the mission of FSCLF is to actively promote and provide creative opportunities for access to capital for small businesses, community organizations and developers of affordable housing throughout Delaware.
The Florida Community Loan Fund (FCLF) provides capital and expertise to make projects successful and help organizations improve lives and communities. Founded in 1994, FCLF became Florida's first certified statewide Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 1996 and a New Markets Tax Credit allocatee since 2003. Today it is a lending institution serving both non-profit and for-profit borrowers and developers. Investors and supporters of FCLF include nearly all major financial institutions in Florida, leading foundations, religious communities and orders of faith, federal and state government. FCLF's success is based on commitment to excellence, accountability to its stakeholders, a clear focus on financial performance, and a strong commitment to achieving high social impact results.
