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CDFI lenders in Genesee County, MI
3 are headquartered here. 8 more say they serve all of Michigan. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026).
- Name this county
- 0
- Based here
- 3
- Serve all of MI
- 8
None of the lender websites we read names Genesee County; the lenders below are based here, have an office here or serve the whole state. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Atlas, Burton, Clio, Davison, Fenton, Flint, Flushing, Gaines, Genesee, Goodrich, Grand Blanc, Lennon….
Lenders compared for Genesee County
5 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Financial Plus Credit Union Credit union, Flint MI | headquarters here; 7 offices here; 13 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 184 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2 mi |
| 2. ELGA Credit Union Credit union, Grand Blanc MI | headquarters here; 11 offices here; 354 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 7 mi |
| 3. Metro Community Development, Inc. Loan fund, Flint MI | headquarters here; 4 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | $1,000–$250,000 | in the county |
| 4. Michigan First Credit Union Credit union, Lathrup Village MI | 19 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 43 mi |
| 5. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 10 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 1,933 mi |
4 of these 5 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $19.5M in fiscal years 2008–2024 (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
3 lenders3 head offices and 16 branches or offices of 3 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Genesee 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
- Personal / consumer loans (3 lenders)
- SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage) (3 lenders)
- Small-business loans (3 lenders)
- Auto / vehicle loans (2 lenders)
- Commercial real estate loans (2 lenders)
- Equipment loans (2 lenders)
- Home mortgages (2 lenders)
- Home repair / improvement loans (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
2 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Genesee County (NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- ELGA Credit UnionCredit union · Grand Blanc, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…11 offices in Genesee County · based hereVerified
- Financial Plus Credit UnionCredit union · Flint, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Equipment loans…7 offices in Genesee County · based hereVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 569 originated home loans for properties in Genesee County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 6.5% of the 8,751 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- ELGA Credit UnionCredit union · Grand Blanc, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…354 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Financial Plus Credit UnionCredit union · Flint, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Equipment loans…184 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Michigan First Credit UnionCredit union · Lathrup Village, MI19 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages10 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
Plus 2 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 Genesee County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Genesee County is $62,281, 15% below the Michigan figure of $72,875 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 78.8 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Michigan county (56.3), rank 14 of 83.
| Measure | Genesee County | Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 7,733 (3.4% of the state) | 229,564 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 84% | 85% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 30,198 | 815,013 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $62,281 (15% below the state) | $72,875 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 609 (577 7(a), 32 504) | 14,432 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 78.8 (rank 14 of 83 Michigan counties) | 56.3 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $113,000 | $135,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 19 (3%) | 151 (1%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 2 pts (202 loans; 7% at the SBA maximum) | 2 pts (5% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 70 · FY2021 110 · FY2022 92 · FY2023 104 · FY2024 104 · FY2025 83 · FY2026 46.
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 19 SBA approvals (7 7(a) loans and 12 504 projects) for borrowers in Genesee County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 3 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $1.5M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Financial Plus Credit Union (13), Metro Community Development, Inc. (4). 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 2024611 loans and investments totaling $84M (median $65,242) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Genesee County in fiscal year 2022, by 14 reporting CDFIs. More than half of these records come from a single reporting CDFI.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 165 | $2.5M | $10,000 |
| Non-real estate business | 165 | $49.2M | $144,000 |
| None of the listed purposes | 112 | $14.3M | $102,100 |
| Home improvement | 106 | $6.3M | $40,000 |
| Home purchase | 58 | $8.5M | $131,200 |
| Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition | 4 | $1.4M | $218,212 |
Of 276 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 45% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 23,801 consumer loans in Genesee County totaling $303.5M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 72% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 620 · FY2019 685 · FY2020 1,235 · FY2021 1,115.
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 Genesee County
The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.
- ELGA Credit UnionCredit union · Grand Blanc, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…Verified
- Financial Plus Credit UnionCredit union · Flint, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Equipment loans…Verified
- Metro Community Development, Inc.Loan fund · Flint, MIMicroloans, Personal / consumer loans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage), Small-business loansVerified
Say they serve all of Michigan
- CORE Community PartnersLoan fund · Bingham Farms, MIAffordable housing development loansVerified
- CoVantage Credit UnionCredit union · Antigo, WIHome mortgagesVerified
- Invest Detroit FoundationLoan fund · Detroit, MIEquity / venture investment, Affordable housing development loans, Small-business loansVerified
- Michigan Women's Foundation, TheLoan fund · Detroit, MIMicroloans, Small-business loansVerified
- Northern Great Lakes InitiativesLoan fund · Marquette, MIEnergy / solar / efficiency loans, Equipment loans, Small-business loansVerified
- United Bay Community Credit UnionCredit union · Bay City, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Equipment loans…Verified
- United Cerebral Palsy Association of Michigan, Inc., DBA Michigan Assistive Technology FundLoan fund · Southfield, MIEquipment loansVerified
- West Central Development Corporation, dba Anchor Financial ServicesLoan fund · Perrysburg, OHCommercial real estate loans, SBA-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
- Michigan Small Business Development Center ~ Kettering UniversitySmall Business Development Center · 1700 University Avenue, Flint, MI 48504810-762-9660
- VetBiz Central, Inc.Veterans Business Outreach Center · 1401 East Court St., Flint, MI 48503810-767-8387
- SE Michigan SCORESCORE mentoring · 1938 Burdette St., Ferndale, MI 48220248-313-8863 · about 47 miles from the centre of Genesee County
- Great Lakes Women's Business CouncilWomen's Business Center · 33109 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, MI 48150734-677-1400 · about 48 miles from the centre of Genesee County
Housing counseling
- Genesee County Habitat for HumanityHUD-approved housing counselor · 101 Burton St, Flint, MI 48503810-766-9089
- Metro Community Development, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 503 S Saginaw St Ste 804, Flint, MI 48502810-767-4622
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 Michigan counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/mi/counties/genesee-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).