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Intermediary Loan Program

Program Information

Popular name

ILP

Program Number

59.062

Sub-agency

N/A

Program objective

Three year pilot program in which SBA made direct loans of up to $1 million at an interest rate of 1 percent to up to 20 nonprofit lending intermediaries each year, subject to the availability of funds. Term of ILP loans is for a maximum period of 20 years with deferred payments for the first two years. Intermediaries use the ILP loan funds to make loans of up to $200,000 to startup, newly established, or growing small business concerns. No small business (including affiliates) may have more than $200,000 outstanding under this program at one time.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No current data available No data available

  2. 2017

    No data available

  3. 2018

    No data available

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

See www.sba.gov

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Low Income
  • Major Metropolis (over 250,000)
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Minority group
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other Non-White
  • Other Urban
  • Other private institution/organization
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Rural
  • Small Business Person
  • Small business
  • Spanish Origin
  • Sponsored organization
  • Suburban
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Women

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