Microlending Accelerator Program Application

Submit a letter of interest and attachments, which include:

• Describe the organization’s current commitment to scaling microlending to BIPOC entrepreneurs. Explain the decisions or organizational factors that have limited your organization’s volume of microlending to date. (500 words max)
• A brief discussion, from your perspective, of the challenges that have kept your organization from growing its microlending volume.
• A discussion of the geographic and demographic markets served by your CDFI, including BIPOC representation in the current small and microbusiness portfolio.
• Audit reports for the last two fiscal years.
• Volume of relief originations in 2020.
• Current loan/credit policy manual.
• Bios of the board of directors and executive team (if not included on the website).
• Contact information for two people who can speak to your organization's impact and leadership team's experience.

Feel free to share a document that includes links to relevant information on your organization’s website, such as bios for your organization’s board of directors and leadership team, audited financials, etc.

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