Community First Fund is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides funding to small businesses. Community Firsts approach to creating vibrant communities includes increasing development of affordable housing units, enhancing access to food and healthcare resources, creating educational opportunities for all, and providing the funding for job-creating businesses to start up and grow. Community First is driven to make a change by transforming lives, businesses and communities – one transaction at a time.
Community First Fund’s mission is to create financial equity through wealth building opportunities for individuals, families, and business owners, especially Persons of Color, women, and immigrants. We align capital, knowledge, and advocacy to advance access to financial services, business ownership, housing, and community development.
Services Area
Lancaster County and Surrounding Counties
Type of Organization
501c3
Cost for Services
Fee, Scholarships/Subsidized
Types of Services
- Funding
- Growth Strategies
How Services are Delivered
- One-on-One
Services Offerings
Affordable & Market Rate Housing Development Loans
We provide loans to both for profit and nonprofit developers of housing for low and moderate income families. Our financing options can be support housing that is for re-sale or for rental housing projects.... Read More
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One-on-OneCommercial Real Estate Loans
Community First Fund’s commercial real estate lending focuses on facilitating the development, rehabilitation or adaptive re-use of commercial and mixed use real estate projects located in downtowns or in... Read More
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One-on-OneCreative Business Loans
Community First Fund received funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts. Eligible loan uses will... Read More
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One-on-OneNew Markets Tax Credits
Community First Fund provides financing through the New Markets Tax Credit Program. This federal program provides tax credits to banks that provide financing to large scale commercial real estate or mixed use... Read More
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One-on-OneSmall Business Loans
Small Business Loans are for projects that require more capital than a microloan can provide. Loan proceeds are generally used to support the increased capital needs of maturing businesses and may be used for... Read More
