Lendistry Awarded Coleman SBA CDFI of the Year

February 3, 2025

Bob Coleman
Founder & Publisher

Lendistry Awarded Coleman SBA CDFI of the Year

Lendistry Team

“After receiving its SBLC designation in April of 2022 and reaching Preferred Lender status in 2023, in 2024 Lendistry ranked among the top ten SBA 7(a) lenders in the nation and became the #1 SBLC deploying capital in Los Angeles County, where it is headquartered. In 2024, Lendistry deepened its roots in LA by becoming the Official Small Business Lender of the LA Sparks WNBA team. The fintech’s Small Business Loan Fund, which provided $23.3 million in below-market-rate financing to 15 marginalized businesses, won Novogradac’s QLICI of the Year Award for Small Business. Lendistry also became the first financial institution to sign the Equity in Infrastructure Pledge.

“As Lendistry approached its 10-year anniversary in 2025, it also celebrated reaching $10 billion in loans and grants distributed, which impacted over 640,000 small businesses nationwide. In recognition of its innovative approach to access to capital for underserved communities, Lendistry CEO, Everett K, Sands, was a winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Greater Los Angeles and was a finalist on the national level for finance.”

Everett Sands, CEO