About Small Business Finance
EDFS Resources: small business finance, new market tax credits, revolving loan fund management
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Funding Opportunities from HUD for Businesses Located in an Empowerment Zone (EZ) or Renewal Community (RC)
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (http://www NULL.hud NULL.gov) encourages businesses located in the 30 Empowerment Zones (EZs) and 40 Renewal Communities (RCs) across the nation to take advantage of unused tax credits called the EZ Employment Credit...
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Collaborative Leadership: Partnerships between Regional Development Organizations and Community Foundations
In an era of tightening government budgets, regional planning and development organizations need to think creatively about developing and funding initiatives that improve communities’ quality of life
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2012 EDFS Presentations
The Economic Development Finance Service (EDFS) is a program of the NADO Research Foundation that provides training and a network platform for small business loan fund staff from around the nation to share and exchange information and ideas. Visit nado.org/category/resources/edfs...
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Public Sector Business Loan Funds: Views and Recommendations from Practitioners
...In an effort to improve the understanding of the public business loan fund industry, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation and the Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) sponsored a convening of the nation’s leading loan fund
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What is EDFS?
With their entrepreneurial fortitude and innovative spirit, small businesses are the backbone of the nation’s economy. Without them, the U.S. will be hard-pressed to be a major force in the global economy. Small businesses create jobs, bring innovation to the...
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Economic Development Finance Service
With their entrepreneurial fortitude and innovative spirit, small businesses are the backbone of the nation’s economy. Without them, the U.S. will be hard-pressed to be a major force in the global economy. Small businesses create jobs, bring innovation to the...
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EDFS Reporter – March 31, 2011
With their entrepreneurial fortitude and innovative spirit, small businesses are the backbone of the nation’s economy. Without them, the U.S. will be hard-pressed to be a major force in the global economy. Small businesses create jobs, bring innovation to the...
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New Market Tax Credits
The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program offered by the U.S. Department of Treasury permits taxpayers to receive a credit against Federal income taxes for making qualified equity investments in designated Community Development Entities (CDEs). Substantially all of the qualified...