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CDFI lenders in Delaware County, PA
4 certified CDFIs name Delaware County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 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
- 4
- Based here
- 0
- Serve all of PA
- 3
A lender naming Delaware 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: Ardmore, Aston, Brookhaven, Broomall, Bryn Mawr, Chadds Ford, Chester, Chester Heights, Cheyney, Clifton Heights, Concordville, Crum Lynne….
Lenders compared for Delaware County
7 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 23 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 2,052 mi |
| 2. Financial Resources Federal Credit Union Credit union, Branchburg NJ | 5 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 59 mi |
| 3. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 3 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 2,356 mi |
| 4. Economic Opportunities Fund Loan fund, Philadelphia PA | website names Delaware County | $150–$350,000 | 11 mi |
| 5. PIDC Community Capital Loan fund, Philadelphia PA | website names Philadelphia | ask | 11 mi |
| 6. BEECH CAPITAL VENTURE CORPORATION Loan fund, Philadelphia PA | website names Delaware County | ask | 11 mi |
| 7. Philadelphia Accelerator Fund Loan fund, Philadelphia PA | website names Philadelphia | up to $2M | 12 mi |
6 of these 7 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $19.3M in fiscal years 2002–2024 (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 lenders4 head offices of 4 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Delaware 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 (3 lenders)
- Commercial real estate loans (2 lenders)
- Credit-builder loans (1 lender)
- Equipment loans (1 lender)
- Affordable housing development loans (1 lender)
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 29 originated home loans for properties in Delaware County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 0.2% of the 12,102 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages23 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages3 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 Delaware County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Delaware County is $89,546, 15% above the Pennsylvania figure of $77,971 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 55.4 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Pennsylvania county (34.1), rank 7 of 67.
| Measure | Delaware County | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 13,165 (4.3% of the state) | 307,065 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 85% | 84% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 48,409 | 955,359 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $89,546 (15% above the state) | $77,971 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 729 (696 7(a), 33 504) | 12,779 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 55.4 (rank 7 of 67 Pennsylvania counties) | 34.1 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $246,950 | $150,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 6 (1%) | 75 (1%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 2.75 pts (335 loans; 11% at the SBA maximum) | 2.75 pts (11% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 66 · FY2021 81 · FY2022 100 · FY2023 117 · FY2024 140 · FY2025 137 · FY2026 88.
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 6 SBA approvals (6 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Delaware County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 2 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $10.6M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Financial Resources Federal Credit Union (5). 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 202450 loans and investments totaling $10.7M (median $55,100) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Delaware County in fiscal year 2022, by 17 reporting CDFIs.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home purchase | 15 | $6.2M | $360,000 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 10 | $139,296 | $10,700 |
| Real estate: commercial rehabilitation | 7 | $2.8M | $170,000 |
| Non-real estate business | 6 | $535,200 | $36,000 |
| Consumer | 6 | $23,310 | $3,075 |
| None of the listed purposes | 3 | $710,424 | $65,000 |
| Other purposes | 3 | $286,860 |
Of 17 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 41% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 904 consumer loans in Delaware County totaling $1.9M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 5% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 30 · FY2019 19 · FY2020 29 · FY2021 1,306.
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 Delaware County or a town in it
- BEECH CAPITAL VENTURE CORPORATIONLoan fund · Philadelphia, PASmall-business loansNames Delaware County ·
City of Philadelphia and Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties
Verified - Economic Opportunities FundLoan fund · Philadelphia, PACommercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Small-business loansNames Delaware County ·
Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties PA; Camden County NJ; New Castle County DE
Verified - PIDC Community CapitalLoan fund · Philadelphia, PACommercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Small-business loansNames Philadelphia ·
City of Philadelphia businesses and nonprofits
Verified - Philadelphia Accelerator FundLoan fund · Philadelphia, PAAffordable housing development loansNames Philadelphia ·
City of Philadelphia, in CDFI Investment Areas
Verified
Say they serve all of Pennsylvania
- NYBDC Local Development CorporationLoan fund · Latham, NYCommercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Microloans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…Verified
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks, Inc.Loan fund · Reading, PAHome repair / improvement 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
- Pennsylvania SBDC ~ Widener University SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 1304 WALNUT ST, CHESTER, PA 19013610-499-4109
- Philadelphia SCORESCORE mentoring · Street address, Philadelphia, PA 19103800-634-0245 · about 11 miles from the centre of Delaware County
- Women's Business Enterprise Center East (WBEC-East) Women's Business CenterWomen's Business Center · 123 S. Broad Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19109877-790-9232 · about 11 miles from the centre of Delaware County
Housing counseling
- CCCS of Delaware Valley, Inc. Dba ClarifiHUD-approved housing counselor · 8600 West Chester Pike, Upper Darby, PA 19082800-989-2227
- Chester Community Improvement ProjectHUD-approved housing counselor · 23 E 5th St, Chester, PA 19013610-876-8663
- Media Fellowship HouseHUD-approved housing counselor · 302 S Jackson St, Media, PA 19063610-565-0434
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.
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Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/pa/counties/delaware-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).