CDFIs finance community businesses, including small businesses, microenterprises, nonprofit organizations, commercial real estate, and affordable housing.
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Building Hope supports high quality public charter schools in Washington D.C., Florida and other U.S. locations by providing business services, technical and financial assistance for educational facilities. As a non-profit organization, Building Hope supports the expansion of academically successful schools with the capacity to grow their enrollments. This allows Building Hope to catalyze change across the local public education systems by promoting school-centered community revitalization. We believe that excellent charter school programs and facilities will help transform economically depressed neighborhoods into places where children will thrive.
The Business Center for New Americans (BCNA) is dedicated to helping refugees, immigrants, women, and other New Yorkers achieve economic self-sufficiency and wealth creation. We do this through the on-going education and coaching of our clients to successfully establish and run small businesses, save money, and invest in their first home. BCNA makes loans up to $50,000. We have a staff of ten full-time professionals who operate out of two offices.
Since 1958, Business Development Corporation (BDC) has been financing small businesses in South Carolina, ultimately creating new jobs for the citizens of the Palmetto State. BDC and its associate company, Certified Development Corporation (CDC), which was founded in 1994, have approved more than 2,625 loans on projects in excess of $1.5 billion, making us leaders in economic development lending and job creation in South Carolina. Now that BDC has been approved by the state and SBA to operate in seven (7) Southeastern states, we are able to bring these benefits to a much larger market area.
Business Impact NW (BIN) is a non-profit economic development organization formed in 1997. Created to serve under-banked entrepreneurs by providing access to capital and comprehensive business technical assistance. BIN serves startups as well as existing businesses, and is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs at every stage in their business model; whether they are newly established or at a growth stage. BIN’s business assistance centers include the Washington Women’s Business Center (WBC), the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), and the Region X Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) offering small business consulting services, training, and networking. BIN also offers a comprehensive suite of financial products to serve the needs of Washington State entrepreneurs.
Chartered in 1981, the California Coastal Rural Development Corporation (Cal Coastal) promotes community development by providing credit and technical assistance to small farmers and small businesses located on the central coast of California. We serve the counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Cal coastal offers direct loans and loan guarantees with State, Federal, and Small Business Administration financing. Cal Coastal is the largest CDFI serving farmers in the country.
Capital for Change brings together our 50+ years of knowledge and experience as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI’s) to create a combined organization that offers a wide array of lending funding and service options. C4C is about engaged, practical and unpretentious partnership. We invest in communities for the benefit of low and moderate income people and families. Our team is savvy about local conditions, values its long-standing network of allies, and cares deeply about creating opportunity and about urban revitalization. Please check back soon for our new website. Until then you can find important information on the websites below.
Capital Good Fund is a nonprofit, certified Community Development Financial Institution that helps people fix their finances. We offer small loans and personalized Financial + Health Coaching to families in Rhode Island, Florida, and Delaware. Our mission is to provide equitable financial services that create pathways out of poverty.
NCB Capital Impact's mission is helping people and communities reach their highest potential at every stage of life. NCB Capital Impact uses its depth of experience, cooperative approach, and diverse network of alliances to generate critical investments that create a high quality of life for low income people and communities.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF), previously The Support Center, is a statewide nonprofit and CDIF that provides small business loans and technical assistance to start-ups and existing businesses. Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by supporting small businesses as a partner, a small business advocate, an accessible funding resource and a trusted business guide. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for all people. Since 1990, CSBDF has offered services to create economic opportunities for individuals, families and entrepreneurs throughout North Carolina. Our primary activities include small business lending, business services, our Western Women’s Business Center and policy research. CSBDF has forged long-term relationships with a number of partners, foundations, nonprofits, local governments, federal and state agencies, and financial institutions across the state to help achieve its mission.
The mission of CASA of Oregon is to develop housing, programs and facilities that promote the quality of life and self-sufficiency of farmworkers and other low income populations.
