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CDFI lenders in Allegheny County, PA

3 certified CDFIs name Allegheny County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 3 more are headquartered here. 3 more say they serve all of Pennsylvania. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026).

Name this county
3
Based here
3
Serve all of PA
3

A lender naming Allegheny 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: Allison Park, Bairdford, Bakerstown, Bethel Park, Brackenridge, Braddock, Bradfordwoods, Bridgeville, Buena Vista, Bunola, Carnegie, Cheswick….

Lenders compared for Allegheny County

8 with local records
LenderLocal recordsLoan sizesHead office
1. East End Food Coop FCU
Credit union, Pittsburgh PA
website names Pittsburgh; headquarters here; 1 office hereask4 mi
2. Invest PGH Inc.
Loan fund, Pittsburgh PA
website names Pittsburgh; headquarters here$5,000–$200,000in the county
3. Neighborhood Community Development Fund
Loan fund, Pittsburgh PA
website names Allegheny County; headquarters hereask3 mi
4. Champions Funding, LLC
Loan fund, Gilbert AZ
16 home loans here, 2025up to $3M1,812 mi
5. Change Lending, LLC
Loan fund, Anaheim CA
8 home loans here, 2025up to $3.5M2,113 mi
6. Bridgeway Capital, Inc.
Loan fund, Pittsburgh PA
headquarters hereaskin the county
7. Landmarks Community Capital Corporation
Loan fund, Pittsburgh PA
headquarters here$25,000–$700,000in the county
8. Renewable Manufacturing Gateway dba Community Growth Fund
Venture capital fund, Pittsburgh PA
headquarters here$5,000–$500,000in the county

7 of these 8 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $39.8M in fiscal years 1996–2024 (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

6 lenders

6 head offices of 6 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Allegheny County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.

Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites

  • Small-business loans (3 lenders)
  • Affordable housing development loans (3 lenders)
  • Auto / vehicle loans (2 lenders)
  • Energy / solar / efficiency loans (2 lenders)
  • Commercial real estate loans (2 lenders)
  • Credit-builder loans (1 lender)
  • Small-dollar / emergency loans (1 lender)
  • Personal / consumer loans (1 lender)

Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county

1 certified CDFI has at least one office in Allegheny 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 28 originated home loans for properties in Allegheny County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 0.1% of the 26,766 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 Allegheny County

Official statistics

Median household income in Allegheny County is $78,548, about level with the Pennsylvania figure of $77,971 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 47.4 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Pennsylvania county (34.1), rank 12 of 67.

MeasureAllegheny CountyPennsylvania
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)33,812
(11.0% of the state)
307,065
…of which under 20 employees82%84%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)91,967955,359
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)$78,548
(about the state level)
$77,971
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY20261,602
(1,504 7(a), 98 504)
12,779
…per 1,000 businesses with employees47.4
(rank 12 of 67 Pennsylvania counties)
34.1
(median county)
Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders$150,000$150,000
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender3
(0%)
75
(1%)
Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–262.49 pts
(675 loans; 7% at the SBA maximum)
2.75 pts
(11% at the maximum)

Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 161 · FY2021 208 · FY2022 233 · FY2023 250 · FY2024 330 · FY2025 254 · FY2026 166.

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 3 SBA approvals (3 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Allegheny County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 2 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $715,000 approved.

No single CDFI made 3 or more of them, so we do not name the lenders.

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

169 loans and investments totaling $42.9M (median $21,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Allegheny County in fiscal year 2022, by 26 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)CountTotalMedian
Non-real estate microenterprise60$916,262$11,636
Non-real estate business24$3.9M$58,602
Home purchase23$3.9M$13,940
Consumer14$59,107$4,650
Home improvement12$411,300$40,000
Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition12$12M$251,250
Other purposes23$21.4M

Of 46 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 76% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 2,095 consumer loans in Allegheny County totaling $5.3M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 10% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 128 · FY2019 88 · FY2020 128 · FY2021 1,016.

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 Allegheny County or a town in it

Headquartered in Allegheny County

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

Say they serve all of Pennsylvania

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.

City pages in Allegheny County

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