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Business financing in Nez Perce County.

County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.

3 institutions are headquartered inside the Nez Perce County line, Lewiston included, and 3 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.

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In this county6DOORS IN THIS COUNTY
3HEADQUARTERED HERE
2CDFI-CERTIFIED
5CREDIT UNIONS
THE DIRECTORY

The doors in Nez Perce 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.

THE MAP OF DOORSIdaho
Nez Perce County
6
DOORS HERE
3
BASED HERE
39
ID COUNTIES WITH DOORS
At a glance
Lane
Business Financing
People
42Kresidents of Nez Perce County
Covers
Lewiston
Elsewhere in ID
Ada County →19 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Idaho
State
Idaho →39 of 44 counties hold a door in this lane
LEER ESTO EN ESPAÑOL
WHO SAYS YES HERE
2of 6CDFIs

Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.

Nimiipuu Community Development Fund · Cutting Edge Credit Union
5of 6Credit unions

Owned 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.

Idaho Central Credit Union · Latah Credit Union
Headquartered in Nez Perce County3
  • Lewis Clark Credit UnionLewiston · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Nimiipuu Community Development FundLapwai · CDFI loan fund
    Community lending · Business capital
  • Potlatch No. 1 Financial Credit UnionLewiston · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
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OPEN DOORS IN NEZ PERCE COUNTY
Keeps a branch in Nez Perce County3

Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Nez Perce County line. You can walk in.

  • Idaho Central Credit UnionChubbuck · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Latah Credit UnionMoscow · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Cutting Edge Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedMilwaukie · Credit union
    Personal · Home
National — works with an ITIN3
  • Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITINSan Jose · National nonprofit lender

    Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.

    Business capital
  • Grameen AmericaAccepts ITINNew York · National nonprofit lender

    Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.

    Business capital
  • Mission Asset FundAccepts ITINSan Francisco · National nonprofit lender

    Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.

    Personal
IN THIS LIST

2 of the 6 doors inside the county line are CDFI-certified.

The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.

THE SMALL PRINT

How to read this list.

No agenda

We do not ask for your name, your email, or your number. Nothing on this page changes based on who you are.

Based here vs. serves here

A door is headquartered here when its head office sits inside the county line. The rest are based elsewhere and keep a branch you can walk into. We list both, and we label which is which.

Where this comes from

Every institution on this page comes from public federal data — the CDFI Fund certified list (Aug 2026), NCUA credit union data (Jun 2026), and the SBA microloan intermediary list (Sep 2026) — plus a short national tier we verified by hand. We refresh each list as its agency publishes. No listing is paid.

THE GUIDE

This guide helps solo contractors and small business owners in Nez Perce County, Idaho understand their real financing options — from local credit unions and CDFIs to SBA-backed loans and state programs. We name the actual lenders and intermediaries that serve this region, explain what documents you'll need, and flag common traps to avoid. Origen Capital is a directory, not a lender — we point you toward trustworthy local resources so you can make informed decisions at your own pace.

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THE LAND AROUND ITIdaho, at last light.
WHERE TO START

The doors worth knowing.

ALL 6 DOORS, BY NAME AND BY TOWN
THE COUNTRY AROUND ITNez Perce County
Nez Perce County
6
DOORS HERE
31
ACROSS ID
CDFICDFI-certifiedNimiipuu Community Development Fund

Based in Lapwai, Idaho. A community development financial institution, certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not, and used to a file that is not clean.

BEST FORCommunity lending where a bank has already said no, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.
CREDIT UNIONIdaho Central Credit Union

Based in Chubbuck, Idaho. A member-owned credit union, which means the people deciding on your file answer to depositors in the same towns you work in.

BEST FORBuying, repairing or refinancing a home, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.
CREDIT UNIONLatah Credit Union

Based in Moscow, Idaho. A credit union: no shareholders to satisfy, and a habit of reading a whole story rather than a single score.

BEST FORWorking capital, equipment and payroll for a small business, and a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.
CREDIT UNIONLewis Clark Credit Union

Based in Lewiston, Idaho. A credit union — owned by its members rather than by shareholders, which is exactly what changes the conversation after a bank has said no.

BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and buying, repairing or refinancing a home.
RIGHT HEREIdaho, and the rules that apply in Nez Perce County.
6 DOORS ABOVE

Everything below is set by Idaho, and it reads the same in every county in it. The 6 marks above are this county's own doors — who opens one is decided by them, not by the state.

The rules where you are.

None of this is set by a lender. Idaho sets it, and it applies the same in every county in the state — which is why it is worth knowing before you knock on any of the doors above.

  • BUSINESS TAX5.695%

    What Idaho charges on top of federal. It is the first thing a lender reconciles when your numbers do not match your tax return.

  • CORPORATE INCOME TAX5.695%

    It depends on how the business is registered. A sole proprietor almost never pays it — worth knowing which side of that line you are on before you apply.

  • SALES TAX6.0% state · 0.03% avg local

    What you collect on a job, and what your materials cost. It is the gap between a bid that holds and one that does not.

  • WHERE THE MONEY IS HEREAgriculture & Food · Technology & Manufacturing · Timber & Wood Products

    Idaho's three biggest sectors. A local lender reads your file against them — a trade that serves these is a trade they already understand.

Sources: Tax Foundation 2025 · Census ACS 5-year 2023 · BEA/MERIC COLI 2024 · Zillow 2026-Q1. As of 2026-04.

THE SHORT VERSION

The short version.

  1. 01

    6 doors sit inside the Nez Perce County line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.

  2. 02

    2 of them are certified by the U.S. Treasury as CDFIs. Lending where a bank will not is their mandate, not a favour.

  3. 03

    This page did not ask you for a name, an email, or a number, and nothing on it changes based on who you are.

  4. 04

    39 of Idaho's 44 counties hold a door in this lane. If Nez Perce County does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.

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