Fiscal Year 2025 CDFI Program
- Posted
- January 16, 2025
- Closed
- February 18, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $1,000,000
- Award floor
- $10,000
- Program funding
- $320,000,000
- Expected awards
- 495
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 21.020
- Category
- Community Development
- Archives
- March 20, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 21.020 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $72.2M
- FY2026 obligated
- −$2.4M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 351
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: Great Meadow Federal Credit Union, Credit Union of the Rockies, Oak Ridge Bancshares, Inc., The Urban Empowerment Fund, Community Partners Lending Inc
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides (i) Base-FA awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to build their financial capacity to lend to their Eligible Markets and/or Target Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up to $150,000 to build Certified and Emerging CDFIs’ organizational capacity to serve their Eligible Markets and/or Target Markets. For more detailed information, please refer to the NOFA found on the CDFI Fund’s website.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Eligibility requirements for the Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance components of the FY 2025 CDFI Program can be found in the FY 2025 Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA).
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