Business financing in Boulder County.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
3 institutions are headquartered inside the Boulder County line, and 3 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.
Not this lane? Home FinancingPersonal Financing
The doors in Boulder County.
The CDFIs, credit unions, and microlenders that actually say yes — county by county, in two languages. We are not a lender. Nobody paid to be listed. And where a county has no good doors, we say so.
- Elevations Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Energize Colorado Inc.Community lending · Business capital
- Oweesta CorporationCommunity lending · Business capital
Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Boulder County line. You can walk in.
- Bellco Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Blue Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Security Service Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITIN
Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.
Business capital - Grameen AmericaAccepts ITIN
Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.
Business capital - Mission Asset FundAccepts ITIN
Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.
Personal
2 of the 9 are CDFI-certified.
The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.
3 of these doors accept an ITIN.
They will open an application with an ITIN instead of a social security number. They are marked ACCEPTS ITIN below.
Boulder County has a strong network of local lenders, CDFIs, and nonprofit organizations ready to help solo contractors and small real-estate investors access financing — whether you have a traditional credit history or not. This guide walks you through who qualifies, what documents you'll need, which local institutions actually serve Boulder County, and what traps to avoid. Federal programs like SBA loans exist as a helpful backdrop, but your first call should be to a local intermediary who knows the Colorado market.
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
Energize Colorado Inc. · Oweesta CorporationOwned by their members, not by shareholders. They look at your whole story rather than a score, and that is the difference when a bank says no.
Bellco Credit Union · Blue Credit UnionSame county, another question.
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