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FY 2026 Bank Enterprise Award Program Application

Agency: Community Development Financial Institutions

Assistance Listings: 21.021 -- Bank Enterprise Award Program

Last Updated: June 26, 2026

Description

Through the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) supports FDIC-insured financial institutions around the country that are dedicated to financing and supporting community and economic development activities. The BEA Program complements the community development activities of insured depository institutions (i.e., banks and thrifts) by providing monetary awards for increasing investments in CDFIs and for increasing qualified lending, investment, and service activities within economically distressed communities. Providing BEA Program awards for increasing community development activities leverages the CDFI Fund’s dollars and puts more capital to work in distressed communities throughout the nation.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Applicants must be FDIC-Insured Depository Institutions (banks and thrifts).

Grantor contact information

Description

CDFI Fund Help Desk (202) 653-0421

Email

BEA Program questions/inquiries

bea@cdfi.treas.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

A webpage on the CDFI Fund's website with all the relevant details regarding the Bank Enterprise Award Program.

Closing: July 24, 2026

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$40,000,000

Program Funding

180

Expected awards

$10,000

Award Minimum

$600,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

CDFI-2026-BEA

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Community development

Category Explanation:

--

History

Version:

1

Posted date:

June 30, 2026

Archive date:

August 23, 2026

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