Resources for Small Businesses
Business Funding
Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation (CDFI)
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Strategic Investments - Black Economic Development Fund (Loans)
Action Opportunity Fund (CDFI)
The Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF) is an impact investment fund built specifically to address economic challenges in the black community and to help close the racial wealth gap.
Accion Opportunity Fund is a financial support system for small businesses that advances racial, gender, and economic justice for all.
Support for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Community and other under-served Native populations
Communities Unlimited, Inc. (CDFI)
Amber Grant
National Association for the Self Employed (Grants)
Communities Unlimited, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation founded in 1976 that connects people to solutions through human connections.
The Amber Grant gives away at least $30,000 every month.
Small business owners who join this organization are eligible to apply for $4,000 grants.
BCL of Texas
DreamSpring (CDFI)
National Community Reinvestment Coalition Community Development Fund (CDFI)
BCL of Texas supports Texans to acquire wealth-building assets, such as homeownership and entrepreneurship, with the financial tools and education necessary to build personal net worth.
DreamSpring is an award-winning nonprofit organization that increases access to credit, makes loans, and provides a community of support to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams.
The mission of the Fund is to help bridge the racial wealth divide by supporting entrepreneurship and affordable homeownership in America’s underserved communities.
Black Girl Ventures (Crowdfunded Pitch Competitions)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Black Girl Ventures is to provide Black/Brown woman-identifying founders with access to community, capital, and capacity building in order to meet business milestones that lead to economic advancement through entrepreneurship.
PeopleFund (CDFI)
The FDIC website include links to different funding programs offered by a variety of federal agencies.
PeopleFund creates economic opportunity and financial stability for underserved people and communities by providing
First Nations Development Institute (Grant)
Business Consortium Fund NMSDC (CDFI)
access to capital, education, and resources to build healthy small businesses.
BCL has loan programs and consulting services through strategic partners, including the NMSDC network of 23 affiliated regional councils. Businesses Invest in Growth, Inc. (CDFI)
First Nations Development Institute improves economic conditions for Native Americans through direct financial grants, technical assistance & training, and advocacy & policy.
Raza Development Fund, Inc. (CDFI)
Raza Development Fund (RDF) is a Latino-led and focused Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and the country’s premier lender to Latino and low-income serving organizations.
Grameen America, Inc.
This local nonprofit and micro-lender, BiGAUSTIN, provides a streamlined loan process that allows for rapid loan decisions.
Grameen America is dedicated to helping low-income entrepreneurial women build businesses to enable financial mobility.
Cartier Diversity Equity Inclusion Award (Grant)
Texas Mezzanine Fund, Inc. (CDFI)
Hello Alice Grants Datatbase
This award to encourage entrepreneurial solutions designed to close gaps of access, outcome or opportunity for communities that have been underrepresented or underserved. While the other regional and thematic awards of the Cartier Women’s Initiative focus on supporting women, this pilot award is open to all genders. This program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact. Cartier Women’s Initiative Award (Grant)
Financing to growth-oriented businesses located in distressed and low/moderate- income communities or that provide jobs for low/moderate-income persons.
Hello Alice is a free online platform that helps businesses launch and grow by providing knowledge, funding, networks, and peer-to-peer connections.
University United Methodist Church (Microloans)
Just Community, LLC (CDFI)
UUMC offers no-interest microloans of up to $1,500 to help individuals grow or stabilize a small business in Travis and surrounding counties — and startups can apply.
JUST invests in ambitious Black and Brown Texas female entrepreneurs to close the racial wealth gap.
Lendistry (CDFI)
Center for Women Entrepreneurs - StartHER Grant Program
US Small Business Administration (Loans)
Lendistry is a minority-led small business lender. To support small businesses, we offer business loans, commercial real estate loans, and a path to the government and private programs.
The StartHER Grant Program helps women business owners—current or aspiring—to undertake new and innovative projects
A variety of funding tools are available from the Small Business Administration.
Center for Women Entrepreneurs - Veteran Woman Grant Program
LiftFund, Inc. (CDFI)
This grant program is aimed specifically at helping veterans and is open to women entrepreneurs throughout Texas.
LiftFund supports hard-working small business owners access money and resources they need to grow their business. Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Diverse Supplier Initiative Grants The Diverse Supplier Grant Initiative is a no-cost, unsecured financing program targeting diverse-owned businesses.
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