Federal grants to Community First Fund
Community First Fund in Lancaster, Pennsylvania received $25.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 15 awards. Its largest program was Community Development Financial Institutions Program, with $13.8 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $361,549.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$25.7 million
- Awards15
- Awarded in FY 2025$361,549
- Largest award$6.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $2.1 million |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $8.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $9.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 3 | $5.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $361,549 |
Programs that fund Community First Fund
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Development Financial Institutions Program | 6 | $13.8 million |
| Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP) | 1 | $6.2 million |
| Capital Magnet Fund | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Microloan Program | 5 | $1.6 million |
| Small Dollar Loan Program | 1 | $235,800 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Treasury | 10 | $24.1 million |
| Small Business Administration | 5 | $1.6 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: to provide grants to community development financial institutions (CDFIS) for the following purposes 1) to expand lending, grant making and investment activities in low or moderate income communities and to borrowers that have historically experienced significant unmet capital and financial | Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP) | April 10, 2023 | $6.2 million |
| Purpose: to provide supplemental funding to cdfi fa and naca fa award recipients, for these certified community development financial institutions (CDFIS) to provide financing activities to support healthy food retail outlets and healthy food non retail outlets, that expand the availability of healt | Community Development Financial Institutions Program | December 8, 2021 | $4.3 million |
| Purpose: to provide supplemental funding to cdfi fa and naca fa award recipients, for these certified community development financial institutions (CDFIS) to provide financing activities to support healthy food retail outlets and healthy food non retail outlets, that expand the availability of healt | Community Development Financial Institutions Program | September 26, 2024 | $3.8 million |
| Purpose: to provide supplemental funding to cdfi fa and naca fa award recipients, for these certified community development financial institutions (CDFIS) to provide financing activities to support healthy food retail outlets and healthy food non retail outlets, that expand the availability of healt | Community Development Financial Institutions Program | February 28, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Purpose: to attract financing for and increase investment in affordable housing for primarily low income, very low income, and extremely low income people and for certain related economic and community development activities. Planned activities: through competitive grants, the capital magnet fund (c | Capital Magnet Fund | June 22, 2022 | $2.0 million |
| Cdfi rapid response program award | Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) | June 15, 2021 | $1.8 million |
| Purpose: to promote economic revitalization and community development through investment in and financial assistance to community development financial institutions (CDFIS). Planned activities: financial assistance must be used for financial products, financial services (regulated institutions only) | Community Development Financial Institutions Program | September 26, 2024 | $1.7 million |
| Purpose: to promote economic revitalization and community development through investment in and financial assistance to community development financial institutions (CDFIS). Planned activities: financial assistance must be used for financial products, financial services (regulated institutions only) | Community Development Financial Institutions Program | February 28, 2023 | $1.1 million |
| Purpose: to promote economic revitalization and community development through investment in and financial assistance to community development financial institutions (CDFIS). Planned activities: financial assistance must be used for financial products, financial services (regulated institutions only) | Community Development Financial Institutions Program | December 8, 2021 | $970,000 |
| The small business administration (SBA) microloan program provides direct loans and grants to eligible non-profit microlenders so that they may provide micro-level loans, and business based training and technical assistance to start- up, newly established and growing small business concerns. | Microloan Program | June 27, 2023 | $502,565 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Community First Fund get?
$25.7 million in 15 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Community First Fund the most?
The Department of the Treasury, with $24.1 million in 10 awards. The Small Business Administration follow.
What is Community First Fund's largest federal grant?
$6.2 million under Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP), with its first action in the period on April 10, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Community First Fund?
Its largest are Community Development Financial Institutions Program, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP) and Capital Magnet Fund.
Other grant recipients in Lancaster
- South Central Transit Authority
- Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County, Inc.
- County of Lancaster
- Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc
- Lancaster City Housing Auth
- City of Lancaster Municipal Building
- Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
- Franklin and Marshall College
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