County directory · California
CDFI lenders in City and County of San Francisco, CA
3 certified CDFIs name City and County of San Francisco or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 7 more are headquartered here. 1 more has a bank or credit-union branch here. 8 more say they serve all of California. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.
- Name this county
- 3
- Based here
- 7
- Branch here
- 1
- Serve all of CA
- 8
A lender naming City and County of San Francisco on its website is a good sign, not an offer. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: San Francisco.
Lenders compared for City and County of San Francisco
19 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Northeast Community Federal Credit Union Credit union, San Francisco CA | website names San Francisco; headquarters here; 2 offices here | ask | 2 mi |
| 2. Mission Community Loan Fund LLC Loan fund, San Francisco CA | website names City and County of San Francisco; headquarters here | $5,000–$10,000 | 2 mi |
| 3. Main Street Launch Loan fund, Oakland CA | 37 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | up to $350,000 | 9 mi |
| 4. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 28 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 376 mi |
| 5. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 13 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 677 mi |
| 6. AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc. Loan fund, Ontario CA | 6 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 370 mi |
| 7. Beneficial State Bank Bank or thrift, Oakland CA | 3 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 9 mi |
| 8. Valley Strong Credit Union Credit union, Bakersfield CA | 3 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 251 mi |
| 9. Financial Partners Credit Union Credit union, Downey CA | 3 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 358 mi |
| 10. GTE Federal Credit Union Credit union, Tampa FL | 3 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2,396 mi |
| 11. Self-Help Federal Credit Union Credit union, Durham NC | 1 office here | ask | 2,388 mi |
| 12. REDF Impact Investing Fund Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | $100,000–$1M | in the county |
| 13. Community Vision Capital and Consulting Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | ask | in the county |
| 14. Working Solutions CDFI Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | $5,000–$100,000 | in the county |
| 15. Mission Asset Fund Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | ask | 2 mi |
| 16. San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, The Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | ask | 2 mi |
| 17. Low Income Investment Fund Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | ask | 2 mi |
| 18. Feed the Hunger Fund Loan fund, San Francisco CA | headquarters here | ask | 3 mi |
| 19. ICA Fund Venture capital fund, Oakland CA | website names City and County of San Francisco | ask | 8 mi |
18 of these 19 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $215.7M in fiscal years 1996–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.
Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.
Where these lenders have offices
16 lenders14 head offices and 6 branches or offices of 16 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of City and County of San Francisco. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.
Head officeBranch or officeApproximate (ZIP code area)
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Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites
- Small-business loans (6 lenders)
- Commercial real estate loans (3 lenders)
- Affordable housing development loans (2 lenders)
- Equity / venture investment (1 lender)
- Agriculture / farm loans (1 lender)
- Child-care facility financing (1 lender)
- Nonprofit / community facility loans (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
2 certified CDFIs have at least one office in City and County of San Francisco (NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Northeast Community Federal Credit UnionCredit union · San Francisco, CASmall-business loans2 offices in City and County of San Francisco · based hereVerified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NC1 office in City and County of San FranciscoVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 57 originated home loans for properties in City and County of San Francisco in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 0.7% of the 8,062 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages28 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages13 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Financial Partners Credit UnionCredit union · Downey, CA3 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
- GTE Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Tampa, FLHome mortgages, Personal / consumer loans3 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Valley Strong Credit UnionCredit union · Bakersfield, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home mortgages…3 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
Plus 4 more certified CDFIs with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).
A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.
Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.
Small business and SBA lending in City and County of San Francisco
Official statisticsMedian household income in City and County of San Francisco is $140,970, 42% above the California figure of $99,122 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 29.0 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: fewer than the median California county (47.3), rank 56 of 58.
| Measure | City and County of San Francisco | California |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 33,378 (3.2% of the state) | 1,029,689 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 85% | 87% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 87,009 | 3,537,469 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $140,970 (42% above the state) | $99,122 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 967 (767 7(a), 200 504) | 49,435 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 29.0 (rank 56 of 58 California counties) | 47.3 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $294,000 | $270,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 47 (5%) | 1,260 (3%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 2.75 pts (337 loans; 15% at the SBA maximum) | 2.75 pts (14% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 107 · FY2021 129 · FY2022 113 · FY2023 133 · FY2024 177 · FY2025 170 · FY2026 138.
For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).
Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.
SBA loans made here by CDFIs
SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 47 SBA approvals (43 7(a) loans and 4 504 projects) for borrowers in City and County of San Francisco in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 4 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $9.9M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Main Street Launch (37), AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc. (6), Beneficial State Bank (3). 1 more CDFI made 1 or 2 each.
Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.
CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)
CDFI Fund data, released Dec 20241,136 loans and investments totaling $128.9M (median $2,750) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in City and County of San Francisco in fiscal year 2022, by 41 reporting CDFIs.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-real estate business | 592 | $19.5M | $2,000 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 360 | $2.1M | $4,750 |
| Consumer | 96 | $90,516 | $700 |
| Home purchase | 47 | $41.3M | $712,500 |
| Home improvement | 12 | $1.7M | $147,250 |
| Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition | 9 | $12.3M | $1.3M |
| Other purposes | 20 | $51.9M |
Of 166 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 81% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 2,837 consumer loans in City and County of San Francisco totaling $15.5M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 14% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 424 · FY2019 464 · FY2020 876 · FY2021 1,807.
Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.
Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.
Lenders whose website names City and County of San Francisco or a town in it
- ICA FundVenture capital fund · Oakland, CAEquity / venture investment, Small-business loansNames City and County of San Francisco ·
Companies based in the 9-county Bay Area
Verified - Mission Community Loan Fund LLCLoan fund · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansNames City and County of San Francisco ·
All nine Bay Area counties (San Francisco Bay Area)
Verified - Northeast Community Federal Credit UnionCredit union · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansNames San Francisco ·
California statewide, expanded from San Francisco neighborhoods
Verified
Headquartered in City and County of San Francisco
The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.
- Community Vision Capital and ConsultingLoan fund · San Francisco, CACommercial real estate loansVerified
- Feed the Hunger FundLoan fund · San Francisco, CAAgriculture / farm loans, Small-business loansVerified
- Low Income Investment FundLoan fund · San Francisco, CAChild-care facility financing, Commercial real estate loans, Affordable housing development loans, Nonprofit / community facility loansVerified
- REDF Impact Investing FundLoan fund · San Francisco, CACommercial real estate loans, Small-business loansVerified
- San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, TheLoan fund · San Francisco, CAAffordable housing development loansVerified
- Working Solutions CDFILoan fund · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansVerified
- Mission Asset FundLoan fund · San Francisco, CAOfficial list only
Say they serve all of California
- Beneficial State Bancorp, Inc.Bank holding company · Oakland, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Energy / solar / efficiency loans, Affordable housing development loans…Verified
- Beneficial State BankBank or thrift · Oakland, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Energy / solar / efficiency loans, Equipment loans…Verified
- California Community Reinvestment Corp.Loan fund · Glendale, CAAffordable housing development loansVerified
- Century Housing CorporationLoan fund · Culver City, CAAffordable housing development loansVerified
- Excite Credit UnionCredit union · San Jose, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans…Verified
- First Community Capital, Inc.Loan fund · Riverside, CASmall-dollar / emergency loans, Microloans, Nonprofit / community facility loans, Personal / consumer loans…Verified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NCVerified
- TMCCommunityCapitalLoan fund · Oakland, CAMicroloans, Small-business loansVerified
Free help before you apply
These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.
Business advice
- San Francisco SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, Rm 140, San Francisco, CA 94103415-937-7232
- Renaissance Women's Business CenterWomen's Business Center · 275 Fifth Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103415-541-8580
- SBA San Francisco officeSBA district office · 455 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105415-744-6820
- Capital Corridor SCORESCORE mentoring · 5627 Telegraph Ave. Ste 133, Oakland, CA 94609510-273-6611 · about 10 miles from the centre of City and County of San Francisco
Housing counseling
- Asian IncorporatedHUD-approved housing counselor · 1167 Mission Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103415-928-5910
- Balance - San FranciscoHUD-approved housing counselor · 50 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111800-777-7526
- Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA)HUD-approved housing counselor · 2301 Mission Street Suite 301, San Francisco, CA 94110
- San Francisco Housing Development CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 4439 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94124415-822-1022
- San Francisco LGBT Community CenterHUD-approved housing counselor · 1800 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102415-865-5542
Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.
City pages in City and County of San Francisco
Other California counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/ca/counties/city-and-county-of-san-francisco/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).