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- Select CDFIs in IL
- Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group, Inc.
- Community Plus Federal Credit Union
- Allies for Community Business, Inc.
- Park Manor Christian Church Credit Union
- South Side Community Federal Credit Union
- Select Small Business Resources in Illinois
- Libertyville U.S. Export Assistance Center
- Small Business Growth Corporation
- Black Hawk College - Small Business Development Center
- Northern Illinois 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
Secondary Market Lending Authority Program
The Small Business Administration has constituted the Secondary Market Lending Authority program, one which aims to provide liquidity for the secondary market, thereby ultimately encouraging new lending opportunities from banks of Small Business Administration guaranteed loans.
Small Business Administration's Portable Assistance Program
The Small Business Administration has established the Portable Assistance Program wherein they seek to provide grants to Small Business Development Lead Centers that provide services to small businesses in an effort to increase the success of small business establishments and their viability in certain communities where economic hardship is apparent and is attributable to the impact of a major disaster.
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Awakening the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Amit Kataria, who lost his lower limbs to polio, has launched his social enterprise, Rural Organisation for Social Empowerment (ROSE) to create employment for at least one member of every household in Haryana, North Central India.
