CDFI Financial Assistance (FA), Technical Assistance (TA) Eligibility Requirements

Program: CDFI Financial Assistance (FA), Technical Assistance (TA)

To be eligible to apply for a Financial Assistance award, your organization must be a Certified or Certifiable CDFI. Certifiable CDFIs are entities that submit a Certification Application to the CDFI Fund by the deadline specified in the applicable Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA), but are not yet officially certified at the time of Financial Assistance application submission.

The CDFI Fund also offers supplemental awards through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative.  CDFIs that are selected to receive a Financial Assistance award may also receive a Healthy Food Financing Initiative award to expand their healthy food financing activities.

Certified, Certifiable, and Emerging CDFIs are eligible to apply for Technical Assistance awards. However, Certifiable and Emerging CDFIs must demonstrate that they have the ability to become a Certified CDFI within three years of receiving a Technical Assistance grant.