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Business financing in Caldwell Parish.

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

5 institutions are headquartered inside the Caldwell Parish line. They are below, by name and by town.

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In this county5DOORS IN THIS COUNTY
THE DIRECTORY

The doors in Caldwell Parish.

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 DOORSLouisiana
Caldwell Parish
5
DOORS HERE
5
BASED HERE
49
LA COUNTIES WITH DOORS
At a glance
Lane
Business Financing
People
9.6Kresidents of Caldwell Parish
Elsewhere in LA
Orleans Parish →28 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Louisiana
State
Louisiana →49 of 64 counties hold a door in this lane
LEER ESTO EN ESPAÑOL
Headquartered in Caldwell Parish5
  • Caldwell Bank and Trust CompanyColumbia · CDFI bank
    Personal · Business capital
  • Citizens Progressive BankColumbia · CDFI bank
    Personal · Business capital
  • Homeland Federal Savings BankColumbia · CDFI bank
    Personal · Business capital
  • Caldwell Holding CompanyColumbia · CDFI
    Community lending
  • Homeland Bancshares, Inc.Columbia · CDFI
    Community lending
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OPEN DOORS IN CALDWELL PARISH
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
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, small business owners, and real-estate investors in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana understand their local financing options. It covers who qualifies, what documents to gather, and which local lenders and community organizations actually serve this area. We highlight CDFIs, credit unions, and ITIN-friendly lenders because they are often the most accessible starting point for rural and underserved borrowers. Origen Capital is a directory — we do not lend money or collect your personal information.

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

The doors worth knowing.

ALL 5 DOORS, BY NAME AND BY TOWN
THE COUNTRY AROUND ITCaldwell Parish
Caldwell Parish
5
DOORS HERE
69
ACROSS LA
CDFICDFI-certifiedCaldwell Bank and Trust Company

Based in Columbia, Louisiana. 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 FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.
CDFICDFI-certifiedCitizens Progressive Bank

Based in Columbia, Louisiana. Treasury-certified as a CDFI, which is a mandate rather than a courtesy: reaching borrowers the mainstream market passes over is the job.

BEST FORWorking capital, equipment and payroll for a small business, and a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.
CDFICDFI-certifiedHomeland Federal Savings Bank

Based in Columbia, Louisiana. A CDFI — a mission lender, not a branch network. It is measured on who it reaches, which is why a thin file is not the end of the conversation.

BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.
CDFICDFI-certifiedCaldwell Holding Company

Based in Columbia, Louisiana. 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.
RIGHT HERELouisiana, and the rules that apply in Caldwell Parish.
5 DOORS ABOVE

Everything below is set by Louisiana, and it reads the same in every county in it. The 5 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. Louisiana 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 TAX5.5%

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

  • CORPORATE INCOME TAX5.5%

    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 TAX4.45% state · 5.1% 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 HEREOil, Gas & Petrochemicals · Ports & Shipping · Seafood & Fisheries

    Louisiana'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

    5 doors sit inside the Caldwell Parish line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.

  2. 02

    5 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

    49 of Louisiana's 64 counties hold a door in this lane. If Caldwell Parish does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.

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