Business financing in Washington County.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
1 institutions are headquartered inside the Washington County line, and 1 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.
Not this lane? Home FinancingPersonal Financing
The doors in Washington 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.
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- DOORS HERE
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- BASED HERE
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- NY COUNTIES WITH DOORS
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- Business Financing
- People
- 61Kresidents of Washington County
- Elsewhere in NY
- New York County →51 doors — the biggest list of any other county in New York
- State
- New York →55 of 62 counties hold a door in this lane
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
Hudson River Community Credit UnionOwned 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.
Hudson River Community Credit Union · Great Meadow Credit Union- Great Meadow Credit UnionPersonal · Home
Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Washington County line. You can walk in.
- Hudson River Community Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Accompany CapitalBusiness capital
- Adirondack Economic Development CorporationSBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- Ascendus Inc.SBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- BOC Capital Corp.SBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- Business Consortium Fund, Inc.Community lending · Business capital
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1 of the 2 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.
- Columbia Economic Development Corp. dba Choose ColumbiaBusiness capital
- Community Capital New York, IncSBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLCSBA microlenderCommunity lending · 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.
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How to read this list.
We do not ask for your name, your email, or your number. Nothing on this page changes based on who you are.
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.
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.
This guide helps solo contractors and small business owners in Washington County, New York understand their financing options in plain language. It highlights local lenders, credit unions, CDFIs, and community programs that actually serve this region — not just national programs. Whether you have a Social Security number or an ITIN, there are real pathways to funding here. Take your time, compare your options, and work with someone you trust.
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- DOORS HERE
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- ACROSS NY
Based in Corinth, New York. A credit union — owned by its members rather than by shareholders, which is exactly what changes the conversation after a bank has said no. It is CDFI-certified.
BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and buying, repairing or refinancing a home.Based in Hudson Falls, New York. 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 a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.The rules where you are.
None of this is set by a lender. New York 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 TAX7.25%
What New York charges on top of federal. It is the first thing a lender reconciles when your numbers do not match your tax return.
- CORPORATE INCOME TAX7.25%
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 TAX4.0% state · 4.5% 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 HEREFinance & Banking · Media & Publishing · Biotech & Pharma
New York'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.
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2 doors sit inside the Washington County line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.
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1 of them are certified by the U.S. Treasury as CDFIs. Lending where a bank will not is their mandate, not a favour.
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This page did not ask you for a name, an email, or a number, and nothing on it changes based on who you are.
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55 of New York's 62 counties hold a door in this lane. If Washington County does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.
Same county, another question.
Home FinancingPurchase, renovation, HELOC, and bridge loans for homeowners and investorsSEE IT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY →
Personal FinancingPersonal loans, credit building, and ITIN-friendly financing optionsSEE IT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY →55NY COUNTIES WITH DOORSThe whole stateEvery county in New York, in this same lane.111 institutions fund small businesses inside New York county lines.OPEN THE STATE →Still don't see your situation?
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