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CDFI lenders in South Dakota

59 certified CDFIs lend in South Dakota, going by their own websites, the CDFI Fund list and FDIC/NCUA branch records; 15 are headquartered here. Grouped below by the evidence. Sources: CDFI Fund list as of 21 Oct 2026; lender websites read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Lend here
59
Headquartered here
15
Verified from lender sites
53

Who lends in South Dakota

59 lenders, each counted once

Each lender is listed once, under the strongest evidence we have. 15 certified CDFIs are headquartered in South Dakota (CDFI Fund list, 21 Oct 2026); 4 of them appear in the first groups because their website names an area here.

By loan type

Lenders that name an area in South Dakota or are headquartered here and describe the loan type on their own website (Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026). Not mentioned does not mean not offered.

County pages

Cities with a CDFI headquarters

A listing here is evidence, not an offer: confirm with the lender that it lends where you are and to borrowers like you. For your exact address, search your ZIP code in the finder.

Name a county or town in South Dakota as their lending area (1)

Their own website names a county or town in South Dakota where they lend; place names are matched to GeoNames postal data. Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Lend throughout South Dakota (3)

Their website's service area covers all of South Dakota (statewide wording, or a list of whole states). Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Name South Dakota or a region of it in their service area (5)

Their website names South Dakota or a region of it, without saying statewide or naming a county or town. Check the exact area with the lender. Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Headquartered in South Dakota, no service area stated here (11)

The CDFI Fund list (as of 21 Oct 2026) gives a headquarters address in South Dakota. The pages we read name no county, town, region or statewide area in South Dakota, or we have not read the lender's website yet; where a lender states an area elsewhere or nationwide, it is shown on its row. Not found does not mean they do not lend here.

Based elsewhere, with a branch or office in South Dakota (1)

Banks and credit unions headquartered in another state with at least one office in South Dakota (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026, NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.

Say they lend nationwide (38)

Their website says they lend across the United States and does not exclude South Dakota. Source: Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026.

Show the 38 lenders that say they lend nationwide

More loan types in South Dakota

Lender websites, read 29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026

Loan types with too few lenders here for a page of their own. Each row quotes the lender's website.

Microloans (5)

SBA Loans (2)

Commercial Real Estate Loans (1)

Equipment Loans (1)

Mortgages (7)

Home Repair Loans (4)

Personal Loans (4)

Auto Loans (4)

Credit-Builder Loans (3)

Farm and Agriculture Loans (4)

Nonprofit Facility Loans (3)

CDFI Fund awards

13 of the 15 certified CDFIs headquartered in South Dakota have received CDFI Fund awards, $98.3 million in total; the largest: Lakota Fund, Inc., The ($15 million), Four Bands Community Fund, Incorporated ($13.6 million), Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc ($13.2 million). All CDFI Fund award recipients based in South Dakota, certified today or not: $117.5 million in 186 awards, 1998–2025. Separately, Treasury's ECIP invested $1 million in 1 certified CDFI based here.

Awards go to the institutions, not to borrowers; totals exclude New Markets Tax Credit allocations and bond guarantees. All states ranked. Source: CDFI Fund Searchable Awards Database, all 12,628 award records (1996–2025), read 3 Nov 2026. Years are the award round as the database lists it. Source: U.S. Treasury ECIP participant list (last updated Mar 2025), downloaded 3 Nov 2026.

Free help in South Dakota

Free or low-cost advice before you apply: 9 Small Business Development Center offices; 1 SCORE chapter; 2 Women's Business Centers; 16 HUD-approved housing counseling agencies. Each county page lists the ones nearest to it. Sources: SBA local assistance listings (6 Nov 2026) and HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (last updated 9 Apr 2025).

Largest nonprofit loan funds based in South Dakota

IRS Form 990 data
Loan fundTotal assetsLoans receivableFY ends
Grow South Dakota$81.6M$23.9MJun 2024
Rural Electric Economic Development, Inc.$48.9M$37.4MDec 2023
Dakota Resources$37.8M$30.6MDec 2023
Four Bands Community Fund, Incorporated$30.7M$19.2MDec 2023
Akiptan, Inc.$26.9M$14.1MDec 2023
South Eastern Development Foundation$24.9M$12.6MDec 2023
Lakota Fund, Inc., The$22.3M$8.8MDec 2023
Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc$13.3M$7.2MDec 2023

8 certified loan funds headquartered in South Dakota are matched to a Form 990 or 990-EZ; median total assets $28.8M. End-of-year figures self-reported to the IRS, from the IRS Annual Extract of Tax-Exempt Organization Financial Data; each row shows its own fiscal year. Assets are the organisation’s whole balance sheet, not only its loans; “Loans receivable” is Form 990 Part X line 7 (notes and loans receivable); “—” means that line was empty or zero, not that the fund has no loans.

SBA loans by CDFIs in South Dakota

SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026

Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 10 SBA approvals (3 7(a) loans and 7 504 projects) for borrowers in South Dakota in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 5 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $1.6M approved.

Most SBA approvals here: Sunrise Banks, N.A. (3), South Eastern Development Foundation (3).

Approval is not disbursement. Each lender page shows its own SBA figures.

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 in South Dakota (FY2022)

CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024

390 loans and investments totaling $24M (median $7,500) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in South Dakota in fiscal year 2022, by 23 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)CountTotalMedian
Home purchase182$8.9M$7,500
Consumer131$326,185$1,000
Home improvement36$635,281$18,435
Non-real estate business20$2.1M$50,000
None of the listed purposes14$9.4M$525,000
Real estate: multifamily housing construction4$1.8M$390,208
Other purposes3$920,000

Of 314 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 79% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 4,603 consumer loans in South Dakota totaling $106.5M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 58% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Counties with the most recorded loans and investments

Fiscal year 2022; 8 South Dakota counties have at least three. Records whose tract is not in a county we can match are counted in the state total only.

CountyCountTotal
Pennington County42$2.6M
Dewey County39$2M
Minnehaha County34$3.5M
Roberts County13$3.1M
Jackson County12$696,470
Davison County4$1.8M
Lawrence County4$1M
Walworth County3$126,000

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 427 · FY2019 550 · FY2020 420 · FY2021 684.

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 South Dakota, by city

CDFI Fund list, 21 Oct 2026

15 certified CDFIs: 9 loan funds · 4 credit unions · 1 bank or thrift · 1 bank holding company; 6 flagged Native. A headquarters address is not a service area; each lender is also listed in its group above.

CDFI Atlas is not a lender and does not give financial advice. Inclusion is not an endorsement, and lenders have not reviewed or approved these pages. Disclaimer.

Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/sd/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).