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CDFI lenders in Van Buren County, MI

3 have a bank or credit-union branch 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) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.

Name this county: 0
Based here: 0
Branch here: 3
Serve all of MI: 8

None of the lender websites we read names Van Buren 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: Bangor, Bloomingdale, Breedsville, Covert, Decatur, Gobles, Grand Junction, Hartford, Kendall, Lacota, Lawrence, Lawton….

Lenders compared for Van Buren County

5 with local records

Lender	Local records	Loan sizes	Head office
1. IGNITE CREDIT UNION Credit union, Battle Creek MI	1 office here; 16 home loans here, 2025	ask	41 mi
2. United Bay Community Credit Union Credit union, Bay City MI	1 office here; 9 home loans here, 2025	ask	140 mi
3. OMNI Community Credit Union Credit union, Battle Creek MI	9 home loans here, 2025	ask	41 mi
4. Michigan First Credit Union Credit union, Lathrup Village MI	3 home loans here, 2025	ask	144 mi
5. BlueOx Credit Union Credit union, Battle Creek MI	1 office here	ask	41 mi

4 of these 5 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $19.9M in fiscal years 2020–2024 (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

4 lenders

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

Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county

3 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Van Buren 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 40 originated home loans for properties in Van Buren County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 2.0% of the 2,006 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.

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 Van Buren County

Official statistics

Median household income in Van Buren County is $68,114, 7% below the Michigan figure of $72,875 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 66.3 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Michigan county (56.3), rank 23 of 83.

Measure	Van Buren County	Michigan
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)	1,327 (0.6% of the state)	229,564
…of which under 20 employees	89%	85%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)	5,226	815,013
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)	$68,114 (7% below the state)	$72,875
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026	88 (78 7(a), 10 504)	14,432
…per 1,000 businesses with employees	66.3 (rank 23 of 83 Michigan counties)	56.3 (median county)
Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders	$150,000	$135,000
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender	1 or 2	151 (1%)
Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26	2 pts (31 loans; 3% at the SBA maximum)	2 pts (5% at the maximum)

Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 4 · FY2021 9 · FY2022 10 · FY2023 24 · FY2024 14 · FY2025 21 · FY2026 6.

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.

CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)

CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024

173 loans and investments totaling $17.7M (median $80,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Van Buren County in fiscal year 2022, by 8 reporting CDFIs. More than half of these records come from a single reporting CDFI.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)	Count	Total	Median
Home improvement	93	$7.9M	$65,000
None of the listed purposes	39	$4.2M	$100,000
Home purchase	31	$5.4M	$153,750
Consumer	4	$20,277	$5,084
Non-real estate microenterprise	4	$65,984	$17,081

Of 157 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 52% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 1,512 consumer loans in Van Buren County totaling $26.1M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 30% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2019 59 · FY2020 65 · FY2021 271.

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.

Say they serve all of Michigan

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

Telamon Corporation - Paw Paw BranchHUD-approved housing counselor · 32849 E Red Arrow Hwy Ste 200, Paw Paw, MI 49079269-459-2300

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.