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CDFI lenders in Ada County, ID

2 certified CDFIs name Ada County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 2 more are headquartered here. 1 more has a bank or credit-union branch here. 1 more say they serve all of Idaho. 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: 1
Serve all of ID: 1

A lender naming Ada 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: Boise, Eagle, Garden City, Kuna, Meridian, Star.

Lenders compared for Ada County

11 with local records

Lender	Local records	Loan sizes	Head office
1. Clarity Credit Union Credit union, Meridian ID	website names Ada County; headquarters here; 2 offices here	ask	8 mi
2. Connections Credit Union Credit union, Pocatello ID	3 offices here; 42 home loans here, 2025	ask	198 mi
3. NHS Lending, Inc. Loan fund, Boise ID	website names Ada County; headquarters here	ask	5 mi
4. Montana Community Development Corporation Loan fund, Missoula MT	23 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026	$1,000–$1.5M	256 mi
5. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA	21 home loans here, 2025	up to $3.5M	675 mi
6. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ	16 home loans here, 2025	up to $3M	751 mi
7. GTE Federal Credit Union Credit union, Tampa FL	13 home loans here, 2025	ask	2,158 mi
8. Rogue Credit Union Credit union, Medford OR	12 home loans here, 2025	ask	348 mi
9. MortgageOne, Inc Loan fund, Carlsbad CA	3 home loans here, 2025	$25,000–$2M	720 mi
10. LEAP Loan Fund, Inc Loan fund, Boise ID	headquarters here	ask	4 mi
11. NewWest Community Capital, Inc. Loan fund, Boise ID	headquarters here	ask	6 mi

9 of these 11 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $42.8M in fiscal years 1998–2024 (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

5 lenders

4 head offices and 10 branches or offices of 5 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Ada County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.

Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites

Home mortgages (2 lenders)
Auto / vehicle loans (1 lender)
Personal / consumer loans (1 lender)
Small-business loans (1 lender)
Affordable housing development loans (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 Ada County (NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.

CDFI mortgage lenders active here

Certified CDFIs reported 108 originated home loans for properties in Ada County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 0.7% of the 16,036 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.

Plus 1 more certified CDFI 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 Ada County

Official statistics

Median household income in Ada County is $91,502, 18% above the Idaho figure of $77,800 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 72.7 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Idaho county (54.7), rank 16 of 44.

Measure	Ada County	Idaho
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)	17,028 (29.3% of the state)	58,100
…of which under 20 employees	86%	88%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)	49,567	165,145
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)	$91,502 (18% above the state)	$77,800
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026	1,238 (1,035 7(a), 203 504)	4,085
…per 1,000 businesses with employees	72.7 (rank 16 of 44 Idaho counties)	54.7 (median county)
Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders	$170,000	$149,600
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender	24 (2%)	69 (2%)
Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26	2.5 pts (522 loans; 6% at the SBA maximum)	2.5 pts (6% at the maximum)

Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 144 · FY2021 156 · FY2022 149 · FY2023 144 · FY2024 187 · FY2025 252 · FY2026 206.

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 2026

Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 24 SBA approvals (24 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Ada County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 2 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $4.6M approved.

CDFIs with 3 or more: Montana Community Development Corporation (23). 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 2024

138 loans and investments totaling $25.3M (median $20,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Ada County in fiscal year 2022, by 22 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)	Count	Total	Median
Consumer	45	$239,691	$5,000
Home improvement	43	$3.4M	$49,200
Non-real estate business	23	$5.9M	$97,800
Non-real estate microenterprise	14	$319,347	$20,000
Home purchase	9	$1.4M	$150,000
Other purposes	4	$14M

Of 95 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 55% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 1,585 consumer loans in Ada County totaling $17M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 18% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 32 · FY2019 31 · FY2020 311 · FY2021 548.

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 Ada County or a town in it

Headquartered in Ada County

The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.

Say they serve all of Idaho

Alaska Growth Capital BIDCO, Inc.Loan fund · Anchorage, AK · Native CDFISBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage), 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

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.