Closed · CDFI-2025-FATA · CFDA 21.020 · Discretionary

Fiscal Year 2025 CDFI Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Community Development Financial Institutions, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
February 18, 2025
Close date
495
Expected awards

The verdict

Fiscal Year 2025 CDFI Program is a closed discretionary listing from Community Development Financial Institutions that offered $10,000 -- $1,000,000 across 495 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 62 other opportunities from Community Development Financial Institutions.

$10K-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
495
expected awards
21.020
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Fiscal Year 2025 CDFI Program is closed (last close February 18, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Community Development Financial Institutions still indexes 62 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed February 18, 2025

Posted Jan 16 Closes Feb 18

Est. Total Funding

$320,000,000

Expected Awards

495

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides (i) Base-FA awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to build their financial capacity to lend to their Eligible Markets and/or Target Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up to $150,000 to build Certified and Emerging CDFIs’ organizational capacity to serve their Eligible Markets and/or Target Markets. For more detailed information, please refer to the NOFA found on the CDFI Fund’s website.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · CDFI-2025-FATA

Grants.gov marks Fiscal Year 2025 CDFI Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Community Development (CD). This eligibility-code string dominates the Community Development Financial Institutions book (62 peers, 98% of 63).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

View on Grants.gov

Agency Contact

CDFI Fund Help Desk (202) 653-0421

What to do next

Fiscal Year 2025 CDFI Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
  • Look up CFDA 21.020 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
  • Compare award ranges across federal categories before you pick a single CFDA. All categories

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants