...that supporting and strengthening underserved communities in Washington, DC and the surrounding suburbs can create. 

City First Bank of DC is Washington D.C.’s first and only bank solely dedicated to community development finance. Our mission is to support and strengthen underserved communities in Washington DC and the surrounding suburbs. 

We offer our depositors both a superior return and the chance to put their money to work in the neighborhoods that need financing most. 

We go the extra mile to find the best solutions to finance affordable housing, homeless shelters, day care centers, faith based and non faith based social service agencies, non profit facilities and charter schools in those neighborhoods. 

We lend to small businesses with great ideas who don’t fit the conventional bank profile. 

City First is committed to helping all of our customers - institutional and individual - to achieve their full potential and reach their financial goals.   

City First is especially skilled in financing:

• The acquisition  and renovation of residential properties for housing, particularly affordable housing,
• Facilities and working capital for non profit and faith based organizations,
• Operations, property acquisition, construction, and renovation, as well as equipment purchase and other needs for small businesses, and
• Large complex real estate and business transactions involving the New Markets Tax Credit program.

This website is your entry to finding solutions to your financial needs. At City First Bank we see the possibilities...