Business financing in Rowan County.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
2 institutions are headquartered inside the Rowan County line. They are below, by name and by town.
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The doors in Rowan 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.
- Frontier Housing, Inc.Community lending · Business capital
- Morehead Community Credit UnionPersonal · Home
- Community Ventures Corporation, Inc.SBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- Human/Economic Appalachian Development CorporationCommunity lending · Business capital
- Kentucky Highlands Investment CorporationSBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- Mountain Association for Community Econ. Dev.Business capital
- Purchase Area Development DistrictBusiness capital
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5 of the 12 are CDFI-certified.
The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.
- Redbud Financial Alternatives, Inc.Community lending · Business capital
- Southeast Kentucky Economic Dev. Corp. (SKED)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
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.
This guide helps solo contractors, small business owners, and real estate investors in Rowan County, Kentucky understand their local financing options — from community lenders and credit unions to CDFI loans and SBA-backed programs. We focus on the local intermediaries who actually serve this region, including Morehead-based institutions and Eastern Kentucky–focused CDFIs. Take your time, compare your options, and never feel pressured to sign anything you don't fully understand.
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
Frontier Housing, Inc.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.
Morehead Community Credit UnionSame county, another question.
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