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CDFI lenders in San Bernardino County, CA
2 certified CDFIs name San Bernardino County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 2 more are headquartered here. 2 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 11 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
- 2
- Based here
- 2
- Branch here
- 2
- Serve all of CA
- 11
A lender naming San Bernardino County 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: Adelanto, Amboy, Angelus Oaks, Apple Valley, Baker, Barstow, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Bloomington, Blue Jay, Bryn Mawr, Cedar Glen….
Lenders compared for San Bernardino County
14 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Vida Federal Credit Union Credit union, Ontario CA | website names San Bernardino County; headquarters here; 1 office here | $500–$250,000 | 41 mi |
| 2. AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc. Loan fund, Ontario CA | headquarters here; 93 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 38 mi |
| 3. Financial Partners Credit Union Credit union, Downey CA | 1 office here; 82 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 69 mi |
| 4. Rize Federal Credit Union Credit union, Irwindale CA | 1 office here; 76 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 56 mi |
| 5. Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. Loan fund, Rancho Cucamonga CA | website names San Bernardino County; headquarters here | ask | 35 mi |
| 6. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 105 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 52 mi |
| 7. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 101 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 314 mi |
| 8. MortgageOne, Inc Loan fund, Carlsbad CA | 30 home loans here, 2025 | $25,000–$2M | 82 mi |
| 9. Altura Credit Union Credit union, Riverside CA | 16 home loans here, 2025 | up to $150,000 | 30 mi |
| 10. Mission Valley Bank Bank or thrift, Sun Valley CA | 13 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 77 mi |
| 11. First General Bank Bank or thrift, Rowland Heights CA | 11 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 55 mi |
| 12. USC Credit Union Credit union, Los Angeles CA | 10 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 74 mi |
| 13. GTE Federal Credit Union Credit union, Tampa FL | 10 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2,081 mi |
| 14. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF THE INLAND EMPIRE, INC. Loan fund, San Bernardino CA | headquarters here | ask | 22 mi |
12 of these 14 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $53.7M in fiscal years 2007–2025 (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
18 lenders15 head offices and 62 branches or offices of 18 lenders on this page, within 180 miles of the centre of San Bernardino County. 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
- Home mortgages (2 lenders)
- Home repair / improvement loans (1 lender)
- Auto / vehicle loans (1 lender)
- Credit-builder loans (1 lender)
- Personal / consumer loans (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
3 certified CDFIs have at least one office in San Bernardino County (NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Financial Partners Credit UnionCredit union · Downey, CA1 office in San Bernardino CountyOfficial list only
- Rize Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Irwindale, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Personal / consumer loans1 office in San Bernardino CountyVerified
- Vida Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Ontario, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Personal / consumer loans1 office in San Bernardino County · based hereVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 433 originated home loans for properties in San Bernardino County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 1.2% of the 35,751 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages105 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages101 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Financial Partners Credit UnionCredit union · Downey, CA82 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
- Rize Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Irwindale, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Personal / consumer loans76 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- MortgageOne, IncLoan fund · Carlsbad, CAHome mortgages30 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Altura Credit UnionCredit union · Riverside, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans16 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- GTE Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Tampa, FLHome mortgages, Personal / consumer loans10 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- USC Credit UnionCredit union · Los Angeles, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Energy / solar / efficiency loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans10 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
Plus 3 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 San Bernardino County
Official statisticsMedian household income in San Bernardino County is $85,478, 14% below the California figure of $99,122 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 64.3 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median California county (47.3), rank 7 of 58.
| Measure | San Bernardino County | California |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 42,571 (4.1% of the state) | 1,029,689 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 85% | 87% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 177,961 | 3,537,469 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $85,478 (14% below the state) | $99,122 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 2,737 (2,231 7(a), 506 504) | 49,435 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 64.3 (rank 7 of 58 California counties) | 47.3 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $284,700 | $270,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 121 (4%) | 1,260 (3%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 2.75 pts (878 loans; 14% at the SBA maximum) | 2.75 pts (14% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 338 · FY2021 389 · FY2022 298 · FY2023 374 · FY2024 438 · FY2025 495 · FY2026 405.
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 121 SBA approvals (37 7(a) loans and 84 504 projects) for borrowers in San Bernardino County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 6 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $55.7M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc. (93), Mission Valley Bank (13), First General Bank (11). 3 more CDFIs 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 2024757 loans and investments totaling $280.8M (median $90,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in San Bernardino County in fiscal year 2022, by 37 reporting CDFIs.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home purchase | 246 | $100.8M | $397,260 |
| Home improvement | 242 | $22.8M | $67,264 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 116 | $1.8M | $13,020 |
| Non-real estate business | 75 | $25.8M | $80,000 |
| Consumer | 26 | $65,078 | $274 |
| Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition | 25 | $79.8M | $2.5M |
| Other purposes | 27 | $49.7M |
Of 351 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 34% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 9,285 consumer loans in San Bernardino County totaling $160.8M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 32% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 315 · FY2019 336 · FY2020 373 · FY2021 4,931.
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 San Bernardino County or a town in it
- Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc.Loan fund · Rancho Cucamonga, CAHome repair / improvement loans, Home mortgagesNames San Bernardino County ·
San Bernardino, Riverside, Eastern Los Angeles and Imperial Counties
Verified - Vida Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Ontario, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Personal / consumer loansNames San Bernardino County ·
San Bernardino County, California; membership open to people who live, work, worship, attend school or do business there
Verified
Headquartered in San Bernardino County
The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.
- NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF THE INLAND EMPIRE, INC.Loan fund · San Bernardino, CAHome mortgagesVerified
- AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc.Loan fund · Ontario, 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
- Community Vision Capital and ConsultingLoan fund · San Francisco, CACommercial real estate 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
- Northeast Community Federal Credit UnionCredit union · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansVerified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NCVerified
- TMCCommunityCapitalLoan fund · Oakland, CAMicroloans, Small-business loansVerified
- Working Solutions CDFILoan fund · San Francisco, CASmall-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
- Inland Empire Women's Business CenterWomen's Business Center · 330 N D Street, San Bernardino, CA 92401833-939-3709
- Inland Empire SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 3780 Market Street, Riverside, CA 92501951-781-2345 · about 30 miles from the centre of San Bernardino County
- Inland Empire SCORESCORE mentoring · 3985 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92501951-652-4390 · about 30 miles from the centre of San Bernardino County
Housing counseling
- Inland Empire Resource CenterHUD-approved housing counselor · 325 W Hospitality Ln Ste 100, San Bernardino, CA 92408909-887-8700
- Inland Fair Housing and Mediation BoardHUD-approved housing counselor · 1500 S Haven Ave, Ontario, CA 91761800-321-0911
- Lutheran Social Services of Southern California- San Bernardino Branch Care CenterHUD-approved housing counselor · 1329 N H St, San Bernardino, CA 92405909-866-2792
- NACA (Neighbohood Assistance Corporation of America) Upland, CAHUD-approved housing counselor · 205 N 2nd Ave, Upland, CA 91786402-970-6222
- Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 1845 S. Business Center Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92408909-884-6891
- Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 9551 Pittsburgh Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730909-988-5979
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.
Other California counties
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