Small Business Leader Award
Overview
Held annually from 2014-2016, the Small Business Leader Award for Mission-Driven Lenders (SBLA) recognized innovation and growth in mission, impact, and financial sustainability among mission-driven small business lenders. Supported by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Surdna Foundation, and OFN, the purpose of the national award was to reward excellence, build broad-based recognition, and create momentum among CDFIs and other mission-driven lenders.
Each winner was honored at the annual OFN Conference and received grant funding up to $75,000.
Awardees
The following organizations received Small Business Leader Awards.
2016
- Accion, serving Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas
- Carolina Small Business Development Fund
- Community Reinvestment Fund, USA
- Montana & Idaho CDC
2015
- Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda)
- Pathway Lending (finalist)
- PIDC Community Capital (finalist)
2014
- New York Business Development Corporation
- Opportunity Fund (runner-up)
- Business & Community Lenders of Texas (finalist)
- Bridgeway Capital (finalist)