Essential Credit Union

Purpose: to Support Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIS) to Provide an Alternative to High Cost Small Dollar Loans, as Well as Help Unbanked and Underbanked Populations Build Credit, Access Affordable Capital, and Allow Greater Access Into the Mainstream Financial System. Planned Activities: Through the SDL Program, the Cdfi Fund Will Provide Grants for Loan Loss Reserves (LLR) the Awards Will Enable a Cdfi to Establish a Loan Loss Reserve Fund in Order to Defray the Costs of Establishing or Maintaining a Small Dollar Loan Program. Grants for Technical Assistance (TA) the Awards Will Support Technology, Staff Support, and Other Eligible Activities to Enable a Certified Cdfi to Establish and Maintain a Small Dollar Loan Program. End Goals: Expected Outcomes Are an Increase in Small Dollar Lending to Help Unbanked and Underbanked Populations Build Credit, Access Affordable Capital, and Allow Greater Access Into the Mainstream Financial System. Beneficiaries: Nonprofit Organizations, for Profit Organizations and Other Private Institutions/organizations in the Form of Federally Insured Depository Institutions, or Federally Insured Credit Unions That Are Certified Cdfis. Subrecipients: There Are No Subrecipients for This Program. Broadband: Not Applicable. Reason/purpose of Modification: Not Applicable.