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CDFI lenders in Bronx County, NY
5 certified CDFIs name Bronx County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 5 more are headquartered here. 2 more say they serve all of New York. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026).
- Name this county
- 5
- Based here
- 5
- Serve all of NY
- 2
A lender naming Bronx 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: Bronx.
Lenders compared for Bronx County
14 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ponce Bank Bank or thrift, Bronx NY | headquarters here; 5 offices here; 6 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 1 mi |
| 2. Spring Bank Bank or thrift, Bronx NY | headquarters here; 1 office here; 4 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 2 mi |
| 3. Ponce Financial Group Bank holding company, Bronx NY | headquarters here; 5 offices here | ask | 1 mi |
| 4. New Covenant Dominion Federal Credit Union Credit union, Bronx NY | headquarters here; 1 office here | ask | 2 mi |
| 5. CheckSpring Community Corporation Bank holding company, Bronx NY | headquarters here; 1 office here | ask | 2 mi |
| 6. LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Credit union, New York NY | website names Bronx County; 1 office here | ask | 10 mi |
| 7. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 47 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 2,133 mi |
| 8. Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union Credit union, New York NY | 7 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | $550–$200,000 | 3 mi |
| 9. Community Capital New York, Inc Loan fund, Elmsford NY | 6 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 15 mi |
| 10. New York University FCU Credit union, New York NY | 3 home loans here, 2025 | $500–$20,000 | 10 mi |
| 11. Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLC Loan fund, New York NY | website names Bronx County | $2,500–$350,000 | 5 mi |
| 12. UPPER MANHATTAN EMPOWERMENT ZONE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Loan fund, New York NY | website names Bronx County | ask | 5 mi |
| 13. Homeownership Lending LLC Loan fund, New York NY | website names Bronx County | from $10,000 | 12 mi |
| 14. Union County Economic Development Corporation Loan fund, Cranford NJ | website names Bronx County | $500–$5.5M | 26 mi |
13 of these 14 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $71.6M 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
14 lenders14 head offices and 30 branches or offices of 14 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Bronx 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 (5 lenders)
- Microloans (4 lenders)
- Commercial real estate loans (4 lenders)
- Home mortgages (3 lenders)
- SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage) (3 lenders)
- Personal / consumer loans (2 lenders)
- Auto / vehicle loans (1 lender)
- Equipment loans (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
6 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Bronx County (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026 and NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Ponce BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NYCommercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Microloans, Home mortgages…5 offices in Bronx County · based hereVerified
- Ponce Financial GroupBank holding company · Bronx, NY5 offices in Bronx County · based hereOfficial list only
- CheckSpring Community CorporationBank holding company · Bronx, NY1 office in Bronx County · based hereOfficial list only
- LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLES FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONCredit union · New York, NYAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans…1 office in Bronx CountyVerified
- New Covenant Dominion Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Bronx, NY1 office in Bronx County · based hereOfficial list only
- Spring BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NY1 office in Bronx County · based hereOfficial list only
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 56 originated home loans for properties in Bronx County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 1.4% of the 3,990 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages47 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Ponce BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NYCommercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Microloans, Home mortgages…6 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- New York University FCUCredit union · New York, NYAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Personal / consumer loans3 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
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 Bronx County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Bronx County is $48,676, 43% below the New York figure of $85,974 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 28.8 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: fewer than the median New York county (40.2), rank 53 of 62.
| Measure | Bronx County | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 18,674 (3.4% of the state) | 541,313 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 90% | 88% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 136,151 | 1,985,320 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $48,676 (43% below the state) | $85,974 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 537 (507 7(a), 30 504) | 22,848 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 28.8 (rank 53 of 62 New York counties) | 40.2 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $100,000 | $130,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 22 (4%) | 296 (1%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 3 pts (246 loans; 17% at the SBA maximum) | 3 pts (15% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 44 · FY2021 53 · FY2022 60 · FY2023 96 · FY2024 100 · FY2025 117 · FY2026 67.
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 22 SBA approvals (20 7(a) loans and 2 504 projects) for borrowers in Bronx County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 7 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $2.2M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union (7), Community Capital New York, Inc (6), Spring Bank (4). 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 202416,892 loans and investments totaling $293.3M (median $5,250) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Bronx County in fiscal year 2022, by 33 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 | 15,648 | $86.4M | $5,000 |
| None of the listed purposes | 960 | $24.5M | $15,995 |
| Home purchase | 130 | $58.2M | $381,250 |
| Non-real estate business | 90 | $8.5M | $23,000 |
| Home improvement | 24 | $1.9M | $48,299 |
| Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition | 14 | $35M | $2.7M |
| Other purposes | 26 | $78.8M |
Of 1,001 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 89% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 3,798 consumer loans in Bronx County totaling $14.1M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 14% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 12,412 · FY2019 13,685 · FY2020 10,226 · FY2021 16,682.
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 Bronx County or a town in it
- Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLCLoan fund · New York, NYMicroloans, Small-business loansNames Bronx County ·
Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, Queens and the Bronx
Verified - Homeownership Lending LLCLoan fund · New York, NYHome mortgagesNames Bronx County ·
New York City and beyond
Verified - LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLES FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONCredit union · New York, NYAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans…Names Bronx County ·
NYC residents (mortgage lending)
Verified - UPPER MANHATTAN EMPOWERMENT ZONE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONLoan fund · New York, NYCommercial real estate loans, Microloans, Small-business loansNames Bronx County ·
Upper Manhattan businesses, New York City
Verified - Union County Economic Development CorporationLoan fund · Cranford, NJCommercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Microloans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…Names Bronx County ·
New Jersey, NYC and certain areas in NY and PA (microloans)
Verified
Headquartered in Bronx County
The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.
- Ponce BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NYCommercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Microloans, Home mortgages…Verified
- CheckSpring Community CorporationBank holding company · Bronx, NYOfficial list only
- New Covenant Dominion Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Bronx, NYOfficial list only
- Ponce Financial GroupBank holding company · Bronx, NYOfficial list only
- Spring BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NYOfficial list only
Say they serve all of New York
- NYBDC Local Development CorporationLoan fund · Latham, NYCommercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Microloans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…Verified
- Sustainable Neighborhoods LLCLoan fund · New York, NYHome repair / improvement 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
- Bronx SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 250 Bedford Park Blvd., West OG 007, Bronx, NY 10468718-960-8806
- BOC WBC Bronx & Upper ManhattanWomen's Business Center · 2929 Third Avenue, 4th Floor, Bronx, NY 10455718-624-9115
- New York City SCORESCORE mentoring · 1040 First Ave. #353, New York, NY 10022646-580-2066 · about 8 miles from the centre of Bronx County
Housing counseling
- Money Management International - Bronx, NYHUD-approved housing counselor · 903 Sheridan Ave Frnt 2, Bronx, NY 10451866-232-9080
- Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City Bronx BranchHUD-approved housing counselor · 2475 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461929-268-3790
- The Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services CDC, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 1451 East Gun Hill Road 2nd fl, Bronx, NY 10469718-881-1180
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.
City pages in Bronx County
Other New York counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/ny/counties/bronx-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).