Focus Area: Midwest U.S.-Based
Champion Community Investments (formerly Southern Illinois Coal Belt Champion Community)
Champion Community Investments is proud to be one of the leading lenders to eligible new and established businesses in a 12-county region of southern Illinois. We work closely with our partnering federal agencies, regional Small Business Development Centers, Entrepreneurship Centers, local economic developers, and certainly the commercial lenders in the region to ensure that sufficient capital is available to fuel business growth and job creation.
City of Springfield
The City of Springfield has operated a commercial loan program since 1984, capitalized by the federal Community Development Block Grant program. All loans must be used to further the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s priorities of either creating jobs benefiting low-to moderate-income persons or removing slum and blight.
Mo-Kan Development
Mo-Kan Regional Council (Mo-Kan) is a designated regional planning commission and economic development district, recognized by the states of Kansas and Missouri and the federal government.
Entrepreneur Fund
The Entrepreneur Fund provides business loans for acquisition, expansion, working capital and other needs up to and exceeding $750k.
Impact Seven
Impact Seven’s mission is to impact communities and lives through socially-motivated investment and service. We serve as an alternative lender to businesses looking to start, grow and thrive. We offer opportunity to people and businesses that may not be able to find it elsewhere because, while still rigorous, our processes are rooted in common sense. Our loans range from a few thousand dollars to a few million, but each client is as important as the next.
Iowa Foundation for Microenterprise & Community Vitality
IowaMicroLoan is a program created to help Iowans realize their goal of achieving business success when there is a solid idea, team, and commitment to make it work. IowaMicroLoan was created for those microbusinesses that are considered on the fringe of risk-bearing capacity for most traditional financial institutions.
Justine PETERSEN
Justine PETERSEN provides small business loans in Missouri, Illinois, and Eastern Kansas for entrepreneurs who do not qualify for mainstream financial products.
Northern Initiatives
Northern Initiatives is a Community Development Financial Institution. We’re in business to provide loans and business services to small business owners and entrepreneurs who create jobs and enable the communities of Michigan and neighboring Wisconsin to thrive.
LiftFund Inc.
LiftFund was founded to level the financial playing field for the underestimated entrepreneur. LiftFund offers small business loans to entrepreneurs located in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Bankable (Flagship Enterprise Center)
Our mission: We work with small businesses of all sizes and stages, but we do more than help fund Hoosier businesses. Our team works directly with borrowers to develop their business and graduate back to the bank. The process is simple and personally guided by a dedicated member of our team
