Janie Barrera, the founding president and CEO of LiftFund and one of the most prominent Latina women in San Antonio’s business community, is stepping down after leading the local small-business lender ...

Minority- and women-owned small businesses in Louisiana will be able to get access to loans in a few days rather than weeks under a new LiftUP loan program organized by JP Morgan Chase & Co. and ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — While this pandemic has kept some businesses closed, one nonprofit wants to help small businesses get back up-and-running. Local restaurant Price's Chef felt the effects of ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A national non-profit which helps local businesses with loans is now asking the city for some money. Since 2004, LiftFund has helped nearly 600 local businesses secure close to ...

San Antonio-based nonprofit business lender LiftFund reported Monday it lent more than $104.4 million in Texas between 2010 and 2015, $23.3 million of that in San Antonio, helping create jobs and ...

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As 2026 begins, communities across the United States are entering the year with heightened awareness that natural disasters and economic shocks are no longer ...

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LiftFund, a leading nonprofit small business lender, today announced a significant commitment from Bank of America to support small businesses recovering ...

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Led by Janie Barrera for over the past three decades, the nonprofit lender LiftFund, estimates 25,000 small businesses in 15 states have received nearly half a billion dollars in loans of under ...

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LiftFund, a nonprofit small business lender serving markets across the country, has been recognized with the 2025 Outstanding CDFI Award for its leadership ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. 30-year nonprofit funder featured in Inc. Magazine documentary and article on small business resilience SAN ANTONIO, ...