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Neighborhood Finance Corporation
1912 Sixth Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314--333
www.neighborhoodfinance.org
Neighborhood Finance Corporation (NFC) targets services to halt deterioration in Des Moines" low- and moderate-income central city neighborhoods. The organization provides home purchase/rehab loans for owner-occupied single- or multi-family housing. From 1998 to 2000, the organization has originated an annual average of 92 home purchase loans totaling $5.1 million, 35 home improvement loans totaling $690,000 and 14 construction and development loans totaling $650,000. NFC also offers contract refinance and rehab loans and investor rental property mortgage for first or second mortgages on affordable housing projects.
- Select CDFIs in IA
- Habitat for Humanity of Iowa, Inc.
- Iowa Community Capital
- Community 1st Credit Union
- Ascentra Credit Union
- Veridian Credit Union
- Select Small Business Resources in Iowa
- Western Iowa Tech Community College
- Illowa SCORE
- Iowa Women's Business Center
- Siouxland Economic Development Corporation
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
Department of Agriculture: Value Added Producer Grants
The Value-Added Producer Grants program is geared towards helping the Independent Producers of Agricultural Commodities, Agriculture Producer Groups, Farmer and Rancher Cooperatives, and Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Ventures in developing techniques that would create marketing opportunities and establish business plans involving viable marketing opportunities that involve the production of bio-based products from agricultural commodities.
Finding Federal Grants for Woman Owned Businesses
There are many U.S. government grants that are available today. American citizens are not just aware or familiar with it because there is not advertisement about it. This is probably because there are no funds allocated for such announcements....
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