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Business financing in Lake County.

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

No institution is headquartered inside the Lake County line, but 2 keep an office open here. They are below, by name and by town.

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In this county2DOORS IN THIS COUNTY
1CDFI-CERTIFIED
THE DIRECTORY

The doors in Lake 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 DOORSOregon
Lake County
2
DOORS HERE
0
BASED HERE
32
OR COUNTIES WITH DOORS
At a glance
Lane
Business Financing
People
8.2Kresidents of Lake County
Elsewhere in OR
Multnomah County →22 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Oregon
State
Oregon →32 of 36 counties hold a door in this lane
LEER ESTO EN ESPAÑOL
WHO SAYS YES HERE
1of 2CDFIs

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

Sage Credit Union
2of 2Credit 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.

First Community Credit Union · Sage Credit Union
Keeps a branch in Lake County2

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

  • First Community Credit UnionCoquille · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Sage Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedKlamath Falls · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
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OPEN DOORS IN LAKE COUNTY
Serving all of Oregon2
  • Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (Pedagogy Institute)Portland · SBA microloan intermediary
    Business capital
  • Seattle Economic Development Fund (dba: Business Impact Northwest)Tukwila · SBA microloan intermediary
    Business capital
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

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.

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 Lake County, Oregon understand their financing options in plain language. It highlights local credit unions, CDFIs, and SBA-connected lenders that actually serve this rural region. You'll find out what documents you'll likely need, what programs fit the local economy, and what warning signs to watch for when a deal seems too good to be true. Origen Capital is a directory — we don't lend money or collect your personal information.

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ON THE GROUNDLake County, Oregon.
WHERE TO START

The doors worth knowing.

ALL 2 DOORS, BY NAME AND BY TOWN
THE COUNTRY AROUND ITLake County
Lake County
2
DOORS HERE
44
ACROSS OR
CREDIT UNIONCDFI-certifiedSage Credit Union

Based in Klamath Falls, Oregon. 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.
CREDIT UNIONFirst Community Credit Union

Based in Coquille, Oregon. 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.
RIGHT HEREOregon, and the rules that apply in Lake County.

The rules where you are.

None of this is set by a lender. Oregon 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 TAX6.6% – 7.6%

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

  • CORPORATE INCOME TAX6.6% – 7.6%

    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 TAXNone

    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 HERETechnology & Semiconductors · Apparel & Athletic · Timber & Wine

    Oregon'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

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

  2. 02

    1 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

    32 of Oregon's 36 counties hold a door in this lane. If Lake County does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.

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