People Trust
Little Rock, AR
- UEI
- WJ2CUDSV7PN3
- CAGE
- 7L0Q9
- Primary NAICS
- 522291 Consumer Lending
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 5300 W 65th St, Little Rock, AR 72209, USA
- Website
- peopletrustloans.org
- Founded
- 2008
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $0-$1M
- Industry
-
- Financials
- Diversified Financial Services
- Financial Services
- SIC code
- 61 Nondepository Institutions
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not on record | E-20-DW-05-0001 | $1,330,252 |
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About the company
People Trust, a minority-owned nonprofit organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness intervention and community development financial services under HUD and Treasury grant programs. The organization holds no federal contracts and functions exclusively as a grant recipient (96% of recent awards as prime recipient, 4% as sub-recipient), competing in full-and-open grant competitions rather than set-aside contract vehicles.
People Trust's federal footprint centers on two distinct mission areas. The dominant capability is homelessness intervention through the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The organization receives multiple annual CoC grants from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development to deliver permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) infrastructure across the Little Rock area. Recent CoC awards include a $911,279 grant (October 2025–September 2026), a $916,789 grant (October 2025–September 2026), a $297,530 grant (September 2025–August 2026), and a $214,436 grant (October 2025–September 2026), all under CFDA 14.267. The second capability stream is certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) funding from the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. People Trust has received multiple CDFI grants supporting small dollar lending programs and organizational capacity building: a $250,840 Small Dollar Loan Program grant (CFDA 21.025, September 2021 completion), a base Financial Assistance Award (February 2023, extending to December 2026), a COVID Economic Resilience Program grant (April 2023, extending to December 2028), and a CDFI Community Loan Fund grant (July 2024 completion). These treasury grants enable the organization to provide affordable alternative lending to unbanked and underbanked populations while building organizational infrastructure for sustained CDFI operations.
Customer concentration is extreme. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 18 of 28 recent awards; the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund accounts for 8 awards; and the Small Business Administration's Office of Capital Access accounts for 1 award, together representing 96% of all recent awards. Combined federal dollars obligated total $16.5 million. Activity has grown from two awards in 2020 to eight annual awards in both 2023 and 2024, declining slightly to six awards in 2025. Eight awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure tied to People Trust's annual CoC grant renewals and the trailing completion dates of earlier CDFI awards.
Quick answers
Is People Trust registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. People Trust's SAM.gov registration is active through September 15, 2027.
What is People Trust's most recent federal award?
People Trust's most recent federal grant award is The continuum of care (COC) program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending… (AR0010L6F002417), from Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, on October 1, 2025.
On GovTribe
See People Trust's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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