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CDFI lenders in Solano County, CA
2 certified CDFIs name Solano County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 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
- 0
- Branch here
- 2
- Serve all of CA
- 11
A lender naming Solano 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: Benicia, Birds Landing, Dixon, Elmira, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Travis Afb, Vacaville, Vallejo.
Lenders compared for Solano County
10 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Valley Strong Credit Union Credit union, Bakersfield CA | 2 offices here; 49 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 260 mi |
| 2. Self-Help Federal Credit Union Credit union, Durham NC | 1 office here; 8 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2,361 mi |
| 3. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 38 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 386 mi |
| 4. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 13 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 672 mi |
| 5. Main Street Launch Loan fund, Oakland CA | 7 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | up to $350,000 | 32 mi |
| 6. GTE Federal Credit Union Credit union, Tampa FL | 6 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2,378 mi |
| 7. MortgageOne, Inc Loan fund, Carlsbad CA | 5 home loans here, 2025 | $25,000–$2M | 440 mi |
| 8. Financial Partners Credit Union Credit union, Downey CA | 4 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 369 mi |
| 9. ICA Fund Venture capital fund, Oakland CA | website names Solano County | ask | 33 mi |
| 10. Mission Community Loan Fund LLC Loan fund, San Francisco CA | website names Solano County | $5,000–$10,000 | 40 mi |
8 of these 10 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $59.5M in fiscal years 2009–2024 (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
2 lenders5 branches or offices of 2 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Solano 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
- Small-business loans (2 lenders)
- Equity / venture investment (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
2 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Solano County (NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Valley Strong Credit UnionCredit union · Bakersfield, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home mortgages…2 offices in Solano CountyVerified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NC1 office in Solano CountyVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 126 originated home loans for properties in Solano County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 1.5% of the 8,223 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Valley Strong Credit UnionCredit union · Bakersfield, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home mortgages…49 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages38 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages13 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NC8 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- GTE Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Tampa, FLHome mortgages, Personal / consumer loans6 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- MortgageOne, IncLoan fund · Carlsbad, CAHome mortgages5 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Financial Partners Credit UnionCredit union · Downey, CA4 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
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 Solano County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Solano County is $100,401, 1% above the California figure of $99,122 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 49.1 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: about as many as the median California county (47.3), rank 24 of 58.
| Measure | Solano County | California |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 7,755 (0.8% of the state) | 1,029,689 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 84% | 87% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 29,249 | 3,537,469 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $100,401 (1% above the state) | $99,122 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 381 (306 7(a), 75 504) | 49,435 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 49.1 (rank 24 of 58 California counties) | 47.3 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $250,000 | $270,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 12 (3%) | 1,260 (3%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 3 pts (139 loans; 13% at the SBA maximum) | 2.75 pts (14% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 31 · FY2021 51 · FY2022 46 · FY2023 53 · FY2024 62 · FY2025 65 · FY2026 73.
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 12 SBA approvals (8 7(a) loans and 4 504 projects) for borrowers in Solano County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 5 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $6.6M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Main Street Launch (7). 4 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 202470 loans and investments totaling $16.8M (median $21,100) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Solano County in fiscal year 2022, by 18 reporting CDFIs.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 23 | $265,191 | $10,000 |
| Home improvement | 19 | $2.2M | $105,000 |
| Consumer | 11 | $7,027 | $248 |
| Home purchase | 6 | $3.1M | $459,255 |
| Non-real estate business | 6 | $334,486 | $56,703 |
| Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition | 4 | $10.1M | $1.8M |
Of 36 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 39% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 1,343 consumer loans in Solano County totaling $8.9M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 12% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 1,193 · FY2019 1,310 · FY2020 52 · FY2021 922.
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 Solano County or a town in it
- ICA FundVenture capital fund · Oakland, CAEquity / venture investment, Small-business loansNames Solano County ·
Companies based in the 9-county Bay Area
Verified - Mission Community Loan Fund LLCLoan fund · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansNames Solano County ·
All nine Bay Area counties (San Francisco Bay Area)
Verified
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
- Solano-Napa SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 500 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield, CA 94534707-646-1071
- Capital Corridor SCORESCORE mentoring · 5627 Telegraph Ave. Ste 133, Oakland, CA 94609510-273-6611 · about 30 miles from the centre of Solano County
- AnewAmerica Women's Business Center - OaklandWomen's Business Center · 1470 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601510-532-5240 · about 33 miles from the centre of Solano County
Housing counseling
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
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/ca/counties/solano-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).