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CDFI lenders in Colorado

58 certified CDFIs lend in Colorado, going by their own websites, the CDFI Fund list and FDIC/NCUA branch records; 16 are headquartered here. Grouped below by the evidence. Sources: CDFI Fund list as of 21 Oct 2026; lender websites read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Lend here
58
Headquartered here
16
Verified from lender sites
55

Who lends in Colorado

58 lenders, each counted once

Each lender is listed once, under the strongest evidence we have. 16 certified CDFIs are headquartered in Colorado (CDFI Fund list, 21 Oct 2026); 5 of them appear in the first groups because their website names an area here.

By loan type

Lenders that name an area in Colorado or are headquartered here and describe the loan type on their own website (Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026). Not mentioned does not mean not offered.

County pages

Cities with a CDFI headquarters

A listing here is evidence, not an offer: confirm with the lender that it lends where you are and to borrowers like you. For your exact address, search your ZIP code in the finder.

Name a county or town in Colorado as their lending area (2)

Their own website names a county or town in Colorado where they lend; place names are matched to GeoNames postal data. Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Lend throughout Colorado (4)

Their website's service area covers all of Colorado (statewide wording, or a list of whole states). Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Name Colorado or a region of it in their service area (3)

Their website names Colorado or a region of it, without saying statewide or naming a county or town. Check the exact area with the lender. Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Headquartered in Colorado, no service area stated here (11)

The CDFI Fund list (as of 21 Oct 2026) gives a headquarters address in Colorado. The pages we read name no county, town, region or statewide area in Colorado, or we have not read the lender's website yet; where a lender states an area elsewhere or nationwide, it is shown on its row. Not found does not mean they do not lend here.

Based elsewhere, with a branch or office in Colorado (1)

Banks and credit unions headquartered in another state with at least one office in Colorado (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026, NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.

Say they lend nationwide (37)

Their website says they lend across the United States and does not exclude Colorado. Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Show the 37 lenders that say they lend nationwide

More loan types in Colorado

Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026

Loan types with too few lenders here for a page of their own. Each row quotes the lender's website.

Microloans (5)

SBA Loans (5)

Commercial Real Estate Loans (3)

Equipment Loans (3)

Personal Loans (4)

Auto Loans (1)

Credit-Builder Loans (3)

Farm and Agriculture Loans (4)

Affordable Housing Development Loans (2)

Nonprofit Facility Loans (1)

Child-Care Facility Loans (1)

Energy and Solar Loans (2)

CDFI Fund awards

14 of the 16 certified CDFIs headquartered in Colorado have received CDFI Fund awards, $162.2 million in total; the largest: Impact Development Fund ($43.8 million), Mercy Community Capital ($35.7 million), Oweesta Corporation ($23.2 million). All CDFI Fund award recipients based in Colorado, certified today or not: $236.9 million in 214 awards, 1997–2025. Separately, Treasury's ECIP invested $104.1 million in 2 certified CDFIs based here.

Awards go to the institutions, not to borrowers; totals exclude New Markets Tax Credit allocations and bond guarantees. All states ranked. Source: CDFI Fund Searchable Awards Database, all 12,628 award records (1996–2025), read 3 Nov 2026. Years are the award round as the database lists it. Source: U.S. Treasury ECIP participant list (last updated Mar 2025), downloaded 3 Nov 2026.

Free help in Colorado

Free or low-cost advice before you apply: 15 Small Business Development Center offices; 2 SCORE chapters; 1 Women's Business Center; 1 Veterans Business Outreach Center; 27 HUD-approved housing counseling agencies. Each county page lists the ones nearest to it. Sources: SBA local assistance listings (6 Nov 2026) and HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (last updated 9 Apr 2025).

Largest nonprofit loan funds based in Colorado

IRS Form 990 data
Loan fundTotal assetsLoans receivableFY ends
Impact Development Fund$126.2M$57.8MDec 2023
Mercy Community Capital$125M$117.5MDec 2023
Oweesta Corporation$98.9M$56.8MJun 2024
Colorado Enterprise Fund, Inc.$70.1M$30.4MSep 2023
FIRST SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FUND$22.1M—Dec 2023
HomesFund$17.1M$11.9MDec 2023
Community Enterprise Development Services$11.4M$2.5MSep 2023
Energize Colorado Inc.$11M$10.6MDec 2023

10 certified loan funds headquartered in Colorado are matched to a Form 990 or 990-EZ; median total assets $19.6M. End-of-year figures self-reported to the IRS, from the IRS Annual Extract of Tax-Exempt Organization Financial Data; each row shows its own fiscal year. Assets are the organisation’s whole balance sheet, not only its loans; “Loans receivable” is Form 990 Part X line 7 (notes and loans receivable); “—” means that line was empty or zero, not that the fund has no loans.

SBA loans by CDFIs in Colorado

SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026

Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 275 SBA approvals (272 7(a) loans and 3 504 projects) for borrowers in Colorado in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 12 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $74.2M approved.

Most SBA approvals here: First Southwest Bank (120), Colorado Enterprise Fund, Inc. (110), DreamSpring (29), Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development (4), Mission Valley Bank (3).

Approval is not disbursement. Each lender page shows its own SBA figures.

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 in Colorado (FY2022)

CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024

1,577 loans and investments totaling $303.7M (median $35,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Colorado in fiscal year 2022, by 84 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)CountTotalMedian
Non-real estate microenterprise456$8.5M$18,056
Non-real estate business298$46.7M$67,773
Home purchase282$77.8M$150,000
Consumer181$731,796$1,500
Home improvement129$27.8M$175,000
None of the listed purposes112$18.9M$70,000
Other purposes119$123.3M

Of 583 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 64% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 19,123 consumer loans in Colorado totaling $99.3M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 15% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Counties with the most recorded loans and investments

Fiscal year 2022; 30 Colorado counties have at least three. Records whose tract is not in a county we can match are counted in the state total only.

CountyCountTotal
Denver County223$56.1M
Arapahoe County167$18M
Montrose County150$40M
Adams County149$11.6M
El Paso County133$11.8M
La Plata County94$17.8M
Jefferson County93$8.6M
Larimer County77$11.9M
Weld County70$11.1M
Boulder County44$5.9M

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 1,045 · FY2019 890 · FY2020 2,150 · FY2021 6,669.

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.

Headquartered in Colorado, by city

CDFI Fund list, 21 Oct 2026

16 certified CDFIs: 12 loan funds · 2 banks or thrifts · 2 bank holding companies; 3 flagged Native. A headquarters address is not a service area; each lender is also listed in its group above.

CDFI Atlas is not a lender and does not give financial advice. Inclusion is not an endorsement, and lenders have not reviewed or approved these pages. Disclaimer.

Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/co/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).