As Pathway Lending celebrates our 25th anniversary this year, we reflect on our collective impact and plan for the future. 🎉 Our annual originations, market lending, and client stories tell a powerful story of growth, resilience, and transformation. Over the past quarter-century, we have funded thousands of small businesses, increased income-aligned housing and sustainability, and provided crucial financial education and resources to entrepreneurs across diverse industries. These efforts have generated $1 billion in economic impact! Our impact report highlights the significant effects of flexible capital, hands-on support, partnerships, and dedicated staff in strengthening communities. We are proud to present our 25th impact report.
Pathway Lending
Financial Services
Nashville, TN 1,763 followers
Financing Businesses. Strengthening Communities.
About us
Pathway is more than a lender, and we're on a mission to help underserved small businesses, their owners, and the communities they serve grow, prosper and succeed across Tennessee. Since inception, Pathway has invested over $525 million toward fostering small business growth, promoting affordable housing, and supporting climate initiatives. We offer a complete catalog of loan products, from $5,000 to $5 million, and a full range of learning programs, from classrooms to one-to-one coaching, to businesses at any stage in any industry in Tennessee and the Southeast region. CAPITAL | SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LOANS Small business financing starts at $5,000 with microloans, working capital, equipment loans and lines of credit with flexible terms and payback periods. Our commercial lending solutions span multifamily affordable housing, commercial real estate and energy efficiency loans. When it comes to helping communities prosper, investing in people who start businesses calls for investing in places where they can grow their businesses, too. CAPACITY | 1-1 COACHING, WORKSHOPS, AND ACCESSIBLE VIRTUAL LEARNING Access to capital takes more than financial resources. Our mission to create opportunity in the communities we serve calls for offering educational resources, too. Our Business Advisory Services team provides borrowers with one-on-one coaching before and after the loan to help business owners manage the financial health of their businesses and become capital ready. The Women’s Business Center at Pathway provides classroom and peer learning to help businesses in all industries and stages grow, succeed and strengthen their economic impact. Launched in 2018 with support from SBA, Pathway Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) provides entrepreneurship training and counseling to transitioning service members, veterans, National Guard and Reserve members, and military spouses or survivors in Tennessee and Kentucky.
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- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Nashville, TN
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1999
- Specialties
- Economic & Community Development, Energy Efficiency Lending, Business Lending, Micro-Loans & Technical Assistance, Entrepreneur Training, and Small Business Education
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Dynamic & results-driven servant leader. Proficient in strategic planning, program development, & housing programs. Ability to drive business growth, lead teams, & build lasting partnerships. | NMLS: 1113965
Thank you to Pathway Lending for hosting the Affordable Housing & Community Growth Forum yesterday. It was enlightening to learn about the initiatives that leading innovators in affordable housing are driving forward. ~Kudos to ThinkTennessee, Urban League of Middle Tennessee, Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee, Affordable Housing Resources, Inc., Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, and others for their time and work. #affordablehousing #faithbasedhousinginitiatives #commuinityleadersunite
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Excited to share that I’m at the OFN Annual Conference in Los Angeles! This Monday, I had the opportunity to present at the CDFI Research Consortium, sponsored by the Citi Foundation and the UNH Center for Impact Finance. My presentation focused on how banks make community investment decisions regarding CDFIs like Pathway Lending. It sparked valuable discussions on framing the value of our work and highlighting our strengths in a competitive landscape. Grateful for the collaboration and insights shared throughout the day! #OFN40 #CDFIs
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🌟 Thrilled to share a snapshot from today's board meeting at #OFN40🌟 Our board is a dedicated group of professionals committed to advancing the mission of CDFIs. Together, we’re diving deep into the latest policy and legislative updates, ensuring we stay ahead of the curve. A special thank you to Opportunity Finance Network for hosting the conference and making this gathering possible. Let’s continue to champion the causes that make a difference! 💪💼 #CDFIs #Leadership #CommunityImpact John Holdsclaw IV (jhiv) Steve Saltzman Opportunity Resource Fund Katey Forth Jennifer Novak Dafina Williams Pathway Lending Hank Helton Amanda Blondeau Laura Buxbaum Janie Bright, MCD, AFC, CUDE, CCRR, CUBDP Jeannine Jacokes Bob Rapoza
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Today we are shouting out two Tennessee women-owned businesses and recent Pathway Hall of Fame clients for #womensbusinessmonth, Bradley's and Crescent Sock Company! 🌟 Not only are these two thriving women-owned businesses, but they are also longtime Pathway clients, and we are so proud to be a part of their entrepreneurial journeys and success. They've created jobs and played pivotal roles in their local communities!
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Thank you to the Nashville Post for highlighting Pathway and long time client Stephon Fleming! Our vision statement, no missed opportunities, is truly embodied in Stephon's entrepreneurial journey and we are grateful to be a part of it. Read the feature here: https://lnkd.in/gnRn82CC
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Today is #NationalBossDay and we couldn’t be happier to shout out Pathway’s amazing executive leadership team! 🌟 We are grateful for all the ways they truly embody our mission!
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The number one question I get from small businesses looking for a loan is - "what do the underwriters look at to approve the loan?" I had the chance to get with Bob Lancaster our Director of Business Advisory Services and talk through the 8 numbers that matter when your business is looking for financing. This is the first video from that conversation and all will go up on our YouTube channel. Check out this short clip on tracking your Revenue Trends. 👇
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A special thanks to The Chattanooga Trend for highlighting our 25th anniversary celebration just a few weeks ago! We would not be where we are without the East Tennessee community, and we look forward to more years of its growth and success. https://lnkd.in/emywxZFp
Pathway Lending Celebrates 25 Years Supporting Chattanooga Entrepreneurs
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We are thrilled to have inducted four stellar clients into our Hall of Fame as we celebrated our 25th anniversary in Chattanooga! 🏆 JAMEL CONTAINERS LLC, Sockwell, Applied Thermal Coatings, and Crescent Sock Company were all in attendance as they received their awards and we were so honored to recognize their success and impact on the East Tennessee community.
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