Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Philadelphia is proud to provide interest-free loans to Jewish individuals and to individuals serving the local Jewish community, in Philadelphia and its neighboring Pennsylvania and New Jersey Counties. Together, we are all forging a path toward even greater impact.
Are you inspired by the stories below? Please consider supporting our mission to enable us to create even more interest-free loans for our community!
2025 — A Year of Growth and Impact
This year brought extraordinary need—and extraordinary community response. Need in the community for interest-free, no-fee loans has increased quite a bit over the past year. The need has been steadily climbing the past five years: the number of loans we issued each year during that time increased by 300%!
People We’ve Helped
Hebrew Free Loan Society offers a hand up to members of the Jewish community. (All names have been changed to protect the privacy of our borrowers.)
“I can’t express my gratitude to you for working with me and saying ‘yes’ while everyone else said ‘no.’”
“Without you, we may not be where we are today. I will ALWAYS be grateful to you.”
“(My loan) helped keep me on my feet and not have to close down a business I worked so hard to build.”
“It’s an amazing service. Having a little breathing room makes all aspects of life just a little bit better. I believe it also really helps the community and the local economy. Thank you!”
Read more stories about borrowers we’ve helped.
Businesses We’ve Helped
Hebrew Free Loan Society has helped dozens of local small businesses to launch and grow.
When every other door was closing on me because I was a new business, HFL was the only one that took the time to really see the vision I had and helped me get my business started. Here I am 10 years later because of it.
I expanded my staff by two persons but stayed in the same call office. I could not have done that without HFL.
I was very fortunate to find HFL. They were very supportive and helpful throughout the process. With the help of HFL, I was able to purchase equipment that I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to.
Learn more about our small business impact over more than 10 years.