Fiscal Year 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: June 30, 2026
Archive date: August 22, 2026
Close date: July 23, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362988
Opportunity number: CDFI-2026-SDL
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Community Development Financial Institutions
Agency code: USDOT-CDFI
Award floor: $20,000
Award ceiling: $500,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Community Development
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:usdot_cdfi
- category_of_funding_activity:community_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Through the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awards grants to Certified CDFIs to establish and expand small dollar loan programs and provide alternatives to high-cost small dollar loans. Certified CDFIs will use award funds to help unbanked and underbanked populations build credit, access affordable capital, and allow greater access into the mainstream financial system.