2025 Impact Recap

Since its inception, CDFI Friendly Fort Worth partnerships have produced an estimated $32 million in lending and investment activity in Fort Worth. This consists of small business, consumer, mortgage and other financing.

The summaries below provide an overview of the key 2025 CDFI partnership direct lending investments that helped drive this lending and investment activity across Fort Worth.

William Mann Community Development Corporation

CDFI Friendly Fort Worth established a partnership with the William Mann Jr. Community Development Corporation (WMCDC) to provide funding opportunities for business owners located in Fort Worth, Texas. As a part of the Trinity Economic Fund, CDFI Friendly Fort Worth granted $200,000 to ramp up micro-lending activities within the Fort Worth business community.

LiftFund Interest Buy-Down Program

Since the 0% Interest Buy-Down Program was funded in May, it has produced a total of 10 loans and disbursed over $641,000 of capital in 5 months. As of October 31st, this pivotal partnership created and retained 71 FTEs and the total buy-down is approximately $267,000. To learn more about the program or apply for funding visit the program page below.

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TCC Workforce Development Grant

CDFI Friendly Fort Worth provides a $225,000 workforce development grant to Tarrant County College to broaden its Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) initiatives and foster small business ownership and economic growth. The grant helps bridge the financing gap for the cohort, and exemplifies how community based lending can change the trajectory of both families and local economies. Find out more about the accelerator program in the press release below.

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“This is a groundbreaking collaboration and represents one of the most significant commitments to acquisition entrepreneurship that our community has seen.”
— Dean Richard Chance, TCC Small Business Development Center

Amegy Bank Cohort

Beginning in late 2023 CDFI Friendly Fort Worth initiated collaboration with Amegy Bank towards the development of 3 lending cohort events. The cohorts focused on small business, real estate and day care business ownership with forums held both in the Evans-Rosedale and Eastside communities. Resource support was provided by legal and accounting professionals in an effort to provide increased opportunity for lending approval sustainability. In total, there have been 20 cohort clients and over $1 million in loan commitments.