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    <periodOfReport>2026-03-02</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORP \DE\</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BYFC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001456220</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bradshaw Wayne-Kent A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>23265 BLUE BIRD DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CALABASAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91302</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-03-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2026-03-02</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2675</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.85</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>43359</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents Award of Unrestricted stock issued on March 02, 2026 pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan of Broadway Financial Corporation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The amount of securities adjusted for reverse stock split effective October 31, 2023. Further, the amount includes 5,216 shares allocated under the 'ESOP'.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Audrey Phillips, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
