Looking at their site I found a couple of documents that might help answer that question. First I noticed this on their "About Page"

That led me to these two performance documents. I would think if the government was pro small american business, they would make sure more than a "goal" of 23% of their "prime" contracts were awarded to small american business...

U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Summary of Performance & Financial Information
https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/aboutsbaarticle/SBA_Summary_of_Performance_and_Financial_Information_508C.PDF

Fiscal Year 2016 Total SBA Loan Approvals and - Federal Contracts Awarded by State https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/aboutsbaarticle/FY_2016_Data_508C_V3.pdf

The next step would be to address it at the state level and ask them if they are truly an advocate for small business or just a portal for banks to funnel accounts into. My answer, they have their uses, but it's nothing you can't learn with a pell grant at your local community college. Too many "guardrails" on federal and state money slow growth. From what I can tell they are there to help you navigate through all their red tape.