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Funding Sources

The following is a list of agencies and organizations that may be useful resources for your business or project. If you know of other sources that we may link, please write Candace Baldwin so we may include it.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Grants
  • Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Program
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
  • Economic Development Initiative (EDI)

    U.S. Small Business Administration
  • 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance Program
  • 7 (a) Guaranteed Loans
  • Certified Development Company Loans (504 Loans)
  • Financing Your Business: Microloans
  • Office of Business Initiatives (BI)
  • Office of Government Contracting (GC)
  • Office of Minority Enterprise Development
  • One Stop Capital Shops (OSCS) Program
  • Section 8(a) Program
  • Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Programs
  • Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) Program

    U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
  • Emerging Markets Tax Credits
  • Empowerment Zones Tax Credits

    U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Economic Adjustment Program
  • Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • Office of Business Liaison
  • Local Technical Assistance Program
  • National Technical Assistance Program
  • Planning Program
  • Economic Development Administration

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Office of Community Services

  • U.S. Department of Labor

    Association for Enterprise Opportunity
    Fannie Mae
    Enterprise Foundation
    National Cooperation Bank
    First Nations Development Institute
    Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC)
    National Community Capital Association
    National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
    Self-Help (North Carolina)
    Shorebank Corporation
    Woodstock Institute
    The Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions