Case Study: National Development Council accelerates small business lending with SPARK

Automation and adaptability make SPARK a great growth impetus for this purpose-driven lender

National Development Council (NDC) used SPARK to support its Grow America Fund, a national SBA 7(a) lending program focused on job creation in underserved communities. The organization faced inconsistent processes that slowed loan origination and made it harder to keep up with its mission-driven lending goals.

With SPARK, NDC standardized workflows, automated recurring tasks, and gained a more adaptable lending platform, helping the team focus more on customer relationships. SPARK helped NDC deploy more than $320 million in capital and stay stable and responsive during COVID-19, including launching recovery and PPP-related products without platform crashes.

National Development Council

Dyrck Bennett

Chief Credit Officer