Need Financing?
Prospective Borrower Resources
If you need some technical assistance before you submit a request for CDFI financing, please click the dropdown item below based on the type of loan you are requesting (Small Business, Consumer, Developer). If you are ready to apply for a loan, please submit our form at the bottom of this page so we can refer you to CDFIs. In each section, you will find helpful resources to assist you in putting your best foot forward and increasing your likelihood of receiving a CDFI loan!
Assistance from one of these services could help you be better prepared to be approved for a loan from a CDFI. Some of these services charge a fee. Please take time to find the resource or resources that are most useful to you. CFFW is referring these resources because they are available to you in Fort Worth. Our referrals are not endorsements; only you can judge whether a provider is right for you.
Small Business
Technical Assistance Resources
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Services: Training, business planning, matched with business mentors and small grants
Contact Name: Lourdes Ramboa
Contact Email: lourdes.rambo@tccd.edu
Contact Phone: 817-515-7704
Address: TCC North Campus
https://www.tccd.edu/academics/courses-and-programs/programs-a-z/credit/entrepreneurship-small-business-mgmt/
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Services: One-on-one advising, assistance with financing, accounting, market research, business plan development and marketing
Contact Name: Cynthia Harnest
Contact Email: cynthia.harnest@tccd.edu
Contact Phone: 817-515-2608
Address: 1150 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76104
https://www.tarrantsbdc.org/contact-us/
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Services: Advise small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs
Contact Name: Michael Kotubey, Dave Sperry
Contact Email: michael.kotubey@scorevolunteer.org, david.sperry@scorevolunteer.org
Contact Phone: 214-912-7858
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Services: Business Workshops and Business Advising for startups and next-level businesses, business resources
Contact Name: Tarsha Polk Hearns
Contact Email: wbcdfw@liftfund.com
Contact Phone: 888-215-2373 ext 1006
Consumer TA Resources
Financial Coaching / Credit Building
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Offering: Financial coaching, courses, hotline, and credit builder program
Contact Email: financialcoaching@capitalgoodfund.org
Contact Phone: 866-584-3651 ext. 301
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Offering: Financial problem solving, home ownership coaching, career development, banking council connecting clients with loans and trainings, consumer loans
https://catholiccharitiesfortworth.org/help/
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Offering: Financial coaching and mentoring
Contact Email: info@pathfinderstc.org
Contact Phone: 817-731-1173
Address: 6550 Camp Bowie Blvd. Suite 111, Fort Worth, TX 76116
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Offering: Career, financial, and resource coaching
Contact Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwbFHbwQDPCUnuTK1hKjsBJNpyBlnA2_81w_wEcbx_rE7N1Q/viewform
Contact Phone: 817-927-4050
Address: 1723 Hemphill, Fort Worth, TX 76110
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Offering: Free tax preparation through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, skill development, enrolling for financial coaching
Eligibility: Anyone or any household with income less than $60,000
Contact Email: VITA@UnitedWayTarrant.org
Contact Phone: 817-258-8113
Address: 1500 N. Main St., Suite 200, 76164
https://www.unitedwaytarrant.org/vita/
Real Estate Developer
Technical Assistance Resources
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Offering: Equitable Development Initiative: Training, mentorship, financing
Eligibility:
• Identify as racial or ethnic minorities.• Be actively working to further careers in real estate development. As this is not an introductory program, candidates are expected to have some real estate development experience.
• Live in or near the primary metropolitan area of the program, and have a strong connection to the city in which they are working.
• Demonstrate a commitment to inclusive growth and actively participating in that effort in the applicant’s city.
• Be able to commit to in-class training sessions on a weekly basis for up to six (6) hours per week during the cohort period.
• Be interested in responding to requests for proposals for real estate development opportunities with or without a development partner in the next 1-2 years.
https://www.capitalimpact.org/programs/equitable-development-initiative/#
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Offering: Developer Training
Contact Name: Alice Salinas
Contact Email: ASalinas@lisc.org
https://www.lisc.org/san-antonio/what-we-do/grants-capacity-building/
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Offering: Development Finance Courses
Contact Name: Raquel Favela
Contact Phone: 210-215-0707, 513-657-7870
Address: 1808 S. Good Latimer Expy, Dallas, TX 75226
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Offering: Training, Professional Development
Contact Email: nti@nw.org
Phone: 800-438-5547
https://www.neighborworks.org/Training-Services/Training-Professional-Development
Consumer TA Resources
Home Ownership
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Offering: Mortgage down payment assistance, foreclosure prevention assistance, homebuyer, and financial literacy workshops
Eligibility for down payment assistance: https://housing-channel.tmmhosting.com/
Contact Email: counseling@housingchannel.org
Contact Phone: 817-924-5091
Address: 2900 Airport Freeway, Fort Worth 76111
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Offering: Home repair assistance
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you must be part of one or more of these groups:
• Be a senior aged 60 or older
• Be an honorably discharged veteran or surviving spouse of an honorably discharged veteran
• Be disabled and receiving SSDI or have a physician’s statement
• Be a family with dependent children residing in the home
AND meet all of these qualifications:
• Be living on a very low income according to HUD guidelines
• Own a single-family home with no liens on the property
• Live in the home
• Be within our service area (Dallas, Collin, Denton, Tarrant, and Rockwall counties)
• Be current with real estate taxes or have a written agreement for all delinquent real estate taxes
• Commit to joining our volunteers to the best of your ability as we work on your home
___________________Contact Person: Marissa Wells
Contact Email: office@rtntx.org
Contact Phone: 972-245-6900
Address: 3905 Hedgcoxe Rd #251687 Plano, TX 75025
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Offering: Home repair assistance, homebuyer and homeownership workshops
Eligibility: Survey based - see if you are eligible here -https://trinityhabitat.org/services/buy-a-home/eligibility-survey/
Contact: https://trinityhabitat.org/contact/
Address: 9333 N. Normandale St., Fort Worth, TX 76116
Please Tell Us About Your Financing Needs
Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) want to work with you and your community by providing flexible, affordable financing. If you need financing for a business, to buy a home, to develop housing, for your nonprofit, or for real estate, please fill out the form below and we will try to connect you to CDFIs that might be able to help. To be eligible, the property must be located in the City of Fort Worth.