FINANTA Stories and Data

FINANTA Stories

Philly Builds Credit: A Financial Wellness Initiative
The Tirado Family
The Montanez Family
The Graeff‑Byrnes Family

FINANTA Fact Sheet

CDFIs are an important to give access to those who can’t get access to capital from traditional banks and provides important Technical assistance to borrowers pre and post loan as needed.

-Lynn Cutler, WORC/EOF, Philadelphia, PA

Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. One estimate is that Small businesses

-Rhonda Harrison, Assets Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

Our CDFI is housed in a non-profit dedicated to cultivating entrepreneurial leadership within underserved communities to increase their economic mobility. CDFIs are crucial to this work and bridging the gap to help entrepreneurs access funding before being able to approach a traditional lender for a myriad of reasons such as lack of credit history, being underbanked or never banking, lacking access to financial literacy resources and education around borrowing process. Being able to combine training resources with microlending support enables our org to further serve these populations in a way that best meets their needs and creates economic growth and jobs within our local communities.

-Ariana Garcia, ASSETS PA, Lancaster, PA

Map of FINANTA CDFI Branches and Stories