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Chicago Community Loan Fund, The
29 East Madison Street, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60602--441
www.cclfchicago.org
- Select CDFIs in IL
- Park Manor Christian Church Credit Union
- Community Investment Corporation
- Israel Methcomm FCU
- Bridge Investment Community Development Corporation
- SIU Credit Union
- Select Small Business Resources in Illinois
- Quincy Tri-State SCORE
- Rock Valley College - Small Business Development Center
- Chicago U.S. Export Assistance Center
- Decatur SCORE
While the federal government does not provide grants for starting or growing small businesses, it does provide a myriad of services to assist entrepreneurs in pursuit of their dreams. One of the mechanisms in place to promote small business growth and economic development are Community Development Financial Institutions.
The U.S Small Business Administration supports both the Small Business Development Center Program and SCORE to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. These programs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations.
Featured Government Grant Resources
Minority Business Enterprise Centers for Minority-Owned Businesses
The The Minority Business Development Agency has recently constituted the Minority Business Enterprise Centers (MBEC) Program wherein it aims to support minority-owned businesses by providing them with electronic and one-on-one business development services for a reasonably nominal fee.
Small Business Administration's Recovery Capital Loans
The Recovery Capital Loans Program provides financial assistance to small business with less than 500 employees to obtain a deferred payment loan from the agency, in order to meet existing debt payments, thereby giving the business the opportunity to refocus their business strategy.
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
The U.S. Government on Cultivating Impact Investing And Social Enterprise
According to a Private Capital, Public Good report recently released at the White House from a group of A-list impact investing and social enterprise specialists, the U.S. government can do a lot to spur the growth among the impact investing and social enterprise sectors.
