Treasury Department, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
The CDFI Fund expands access to capital and related technical assistance across the United States through investment in and assistance to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) is administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). Through the SDL Program, the CDFI Fund provides (1) grants for Loan Loss Reserves (LLR) to enable a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) to establish a loan loss reserve fund to cover the losses on small dollar consumer loans associated with starting a new small dollar consumer loan program or expanding an existing small dollar consumer loan program; and (2) grants for Technical Assistance (TA) for technology, staff support, and other eligible activities to enable a Certified CDFI to establish and maintain a small dollar consumer loan program. Through the SDL Program Awards, Recipients will serve rural and urban communities across the nation that lack access to affordable consumer lending products. All awards provided through this Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) are subject to funding availability.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting Applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Funding Round of the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program). Announcement Type: Notice of Funds Availability. Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI-2026-SDL. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.025. Table 1—FY 2026 SDL Program Funding Round Anticipated Category Amounts Funding categories Estimated total amount to be awarded FY 2026  2 FY 2026 award amount  1 Estimated number of awards FY 2026 Estimated average amount to be awarded FY 2026 Average amount awarded in FY 2024 Minimum Maximum Loan Loss Reserves $200,000 $20,000 $350,000  3 1 $200,000 $201,192 Technical Assistance 230,000 20,000 150,000 2 115,000 114,967 Combination of Loan Loss Reserves (LLR) and Technical Assistance (TA) (LLR) Up to $350,000  3   8,570,000 40,000 (TA) Up to $150,000 63 136,000 278,871 Total $9,000,000 66 Table 2—FY 2026 SDL Program Funding Round Critical Deadlines for Applicants Description Deadline Time (Eastern Time—ET) Submission method Last day to create an Awards Management Information System (AMIS) Account if Applicant does not have one (all Applicants) 07 23, 2026 11:59 p.m. ET Web via AMIS at: https://amis.cdfifund.gov . Last day to enter or update the Employer Identification Number (EIN) and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) numbers in…
Citation: 91 FR 39666
