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Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution: Funding & Investors (Sep 2026)

Clearinghouse CDFI is a provider of community development lending services intended to address unmet credit needs. The company provides equal access to credit in neighborhoods of all income levels and ethnicities and spends the time and energy required to find creditworthy borrowers whose projects create assets in the community. Its lending services bridge the gap between conventional lending standards and the needs of low-income and distressed communities by offering financial lending for projects that include community facilities, affordable housing, commercial real estate, new markets tax credits, and small businesses, enabling borrowers to receive critical funding for their projects. It was founded by Douglas J. Bystry in 1996 and is located in Lake Forest, California.

www.clearinghousecdfi.com LinkedIn Lake Forest, United States 51-100 employees
Commercial Lending Construction Financial Services Small and Medium Businesses B2B
Total raised
$50.2M
Rounds
6
Latest
Undisclosed round
Mar 2026

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution has raised $50.2M across 6 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $3.0M announced in Mar 2026.

That round is below the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$50.2M
across 6 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
6
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$3.0M in Mar 2026
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
Lake Forest, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2026.

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$3.0M
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Undisclosed round
$35.0M
Undisclosed round
$2.0M
Undisclosed round
$6.2M
Grant
$4.0M

1 of 6 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution raised $4.0M in a Grant announced in Aug 2022.

9 months later, an undisclosed round of $6.2M was announced in May 2023.

1.8 years later, an undisclosed round of $2.0M was announced in Feb 2025.

6 months later, an undisclosed round of $35.0M was announced in Aug 2025.

4 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in Dec 2025 with no disclosed amount.

3 months later, an undisclosed round of $3.0M was announced in Mar 2026.

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Douglas Bystry
Founder
Locked
Douglas J Bystry
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.

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Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution Funding Compared to Other Financial Services Startups

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Median round

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution's latest round of $3.0M is below the median round in Financial Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution Funding FAQs

What does Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution do?

Clearinghouse CDFI is a provider of community development lending services intended to address unmet credit needs. The company provides equal access to credit in neighborhoods of all income levels and ethnicities and spends the time and energy required to find creditworthy borrowers whose projects create assets in the community. Its lending services bridge the gap between conventional lending standards and the needs of low-income and distressed communities by offering financial lending for projects that include community facilities, affordable housing, commercial real estate, new markets tax credits, and small businesses, enabling borrowers to receive critical funding for their projects. It was founded by Douglas J. Bystry in 1996 and is located in Lake Forest, California.

How much funding has Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution raised?

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution has raised $50.2M across 6 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $3.0M announced in Mar 2026.

When did Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution last raise funding?

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $3.0M, announced in Mar 2026.

Who founded Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution?

FundedIQ lists Douglas Bystry (Founder), Douglas J Bystry (Founder) at Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution.

Where is Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution headquartered?

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution is based in Lake Forest, California, United States.

How many employees does Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution have?

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution's funding compare to other Financial Services startups?

Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution's latest round of $3.0M is below the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies on FundedIQ across 5,745 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution is left off this page rather than filled in.

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