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Community Advantage Small Business Lending Company (CA SBLC) Loans

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$350,000

CA SBLC loans are 7(a) loans capped at $350,000, made by mission-driven lenders licensed as Community Advantage Small Business Lending Companies. The Community Advantage pilot was made permanent as a licence class in 2023.

Funder

U.S. Small Business Administration

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Borrowers apply any time through a licensed CA SBLC lender. SBA opens application windows for new CA SBLC lender licences separately and periodically.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Designed for small businesses in underserved markets - low-to-moderate income communities, businesses less than two years old, and veteran-owned businesses - that cannot access conventional 7(a) credit.

How to apply

  1. Find a CA SBLC or mission-based lender serving your area
  2. Apply through that lender as you would for a 7(a) loan

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/01/16/sba-strengthens-small-business-community-lending-network

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.sba.gov

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