Focus Area: Underserved Founders
Black Business Investment Fund
BBIF is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). We are a mission-driven organization which helps Black, minority and underserved small businesses thrive by providing loan capital alongside business development training.
Partner Community Capital (formerly Natural Capital Investment Fund)
By providing flexible capital and advisory services to small businesses, non-profits, and farms, Partner Community Capital (PCAP) catalyzes environmentally and socially responsible business development and wealth creation in rural, minority, and low-wealth communities.
Southern Bancorp Community Partners
Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP) is a certified nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution that provides lending, financial development services, and public policy advocacy in economically distressed communities.
PACE (Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment)
PACE has a fundamental belief in the importance of broadening access to capital and financial services to underserved populations in economically distressed communities in order to promote individual and family economic self-sufficiency.
BOC Capital Corp.
BOC Capital joins business owners on their entrepreneurial journey, helping pave the way with financing and practical business counseling and training. We exist to help underserved entrepreneurs and community-based small businesses increase their potential for sustainability and growth.
Women’s Opportunities Resource Center
WORC is a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Intermediary and EOF, a subsidiary of WORC, is a U.S. Department of Treasury Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). We offer loans, investment products and services to low-income and underserved populations in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area looking to start or expand their businesses, with a special focus on women and minorities.
Marathon Fund
The Marathon Fund is a seed-stage equity fund dedicated to creating high growth, foundational businesses that embrace the diversity of talented innovators historically underserved by the private capital market ecosystem.
National Development Council
NDC has been lending to small businesses for more than thirty years. We strongly encourage women and minority businesses to apply.
