Community Development Financial Institutions Grants

Community Development Financial Institutions

Through the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program), the U.S. Department of the Treasury s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awards grants to Certified CDFIs to establish and expand small dollar loan programs and provide alternatives to high-cost small dollar loans. Certified CDFIs will use award funds to help unbanked and underbanked populations build credit, access affordable capital, and allow greater access into the mainstream financial system.

Community Development Financial Institutions

Fiscal Year 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program

Community Development Financial Institutions

FY 2026 Bank Enterprise Award Program Application

Community Development Financial Institutions

Through the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), the U.S. Department of the Treasury s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) supports FDIC-insured financial institutions around the country that are dedicated to financing and supporting community and economic development activities. The BEA Program complements the community development activities of insured depository institutions (i.e., banks and thrifts) by providing monetary awards for increasing investments in CDFIs and for increasing qualified lending, investment, and service activities within economically distressed communities. Providing BEA Program awards for increasing community development activities leverages the CDFI Fund s dollars and puts more capital to work in distressed communities throughout the nation.