Diversity Lender
8(a) Business Development Program Loans
8(a) Business Development
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Program overview
How 8(a) Business Development Program Loans's diversity lending program works.
SBA 8(a) certified businesses get access to special financing options, including set-aside contracts and mentor-protégé opportunities.
Certifications accepted
Which certifications qualify a business for this program.
8(a) Business Development Program Loans's diversity lending program is open to businesses holding any of the certifications below. Lenders verify the certification at underwriting, so the certificate needs to be active and in good standing at the time you apply.
Underwriting requirements
Minimums 8(a) Business Development Program Loans sets at application.
Businesses certified in the SBA 8(a) program for socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
What else this certification opens
Corporate buyers that accept the same certifications.
The certifications 8(a) Business Development Program Loans accepts also unlock the corporate supplier diversity programs below. So the same certification that gets you working capital here can register you as a supplier with these companies.
Compare other lenders
Adjacent diversity lending programs.
Before you borrow
Diversity lenders verify certification at underwriting.
Almost every diversity lender requires an active diverse-business certification on file before approving a loan. The quiz checks which certifications you qualify for and matches them to the lenders that recognize each one, so you can sequence the certification first and the financing second instead of getting denied at underwriting.