EDFS Links

Federal Business Development Finance Programs

Appalachian Regional Commission - www.arc.gov

• Business Development Revolving Loan Fund Program -- www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=25

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund - www.cdfifund.gov

• Bank Enterprise Awards
• CDFI Programs
• Native American Initiatives
• New Markets Tax Credit Program

Department of Agriculture Rural Development - www.rurdev.usda.gov

• Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/b&i_gar.htm
• Intermediary Relending Program - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/irp.htm
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/index.html
• Rural Business Enterprise Grant - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/rbeg.htm
• Rural Business Opportunity Grant - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/rbog.htm
• Rural Economic Development Grant Program - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/redg.htm
• Rural Economic Development Loan Program - www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/redl.htm

Department of Health and Human Services - www.hhs.gov

• Community Service Block Grant Program - www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/
• Office of Refugee Resettlement - www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/

Department of Housing and Urban Development - www.hud.gov

• Community Development Block Grant Program - http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/index.cfm

Economic Development Administration - www.eda.gov

• Directory of national, regional, state, and local contacts
• Revolving Loan Fund Financial Assistance Award Standard Terms and Conditions

Environmental Protection Agency - www.epa.gov

• Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program

Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov

• 7(a) Loan Program
• Certified Development Company (504) Loan Program
• Microloan Program

Other Resources

• Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
• Corporation for Enterprise Development
• Economic Development Administration
• Government Accountability Office
• Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning, and Dissemination (FIELD)
• National Community Capital Association
• Rural Policy Research Institute's Venture and Equity Capital Panel

Additional Financing Resources

• Circle Lending
• Community Reinvestment Fund
• Count Me In
• Golden Capital Network
• Springboard Enterprises
• The Venture Alliance
• Wall Street Without Walls

National and Regional Associations and Support Organizations

• Angel Capital Association
• Association for Economic Opportunity
• Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI Coalition)
• Community Development Venture Capital Association
• Council of Development Finance Agencies
• Council of State Community Development Agencies
• Economic Development Finance Service
• First Nations Oweesta Corporation
• National Association of Development Companies
• National Association of Development Organizations
• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
• National Association of Small Business Investment Companies
• National Association of Women Business Owners
• National Brownfield Association
• National Business Incubation Association
• National Community Capital Association
• National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
• National Rural Economic Developers Association
• National Venture Capital Association
• New Markets Tax Credit Coalition
• Northeastern Economic Developers Association

Technical Assistance - Business Development

• AcceleratorOnline
• Appalachian Regional Commission's Entrepreneurship Initiative
• Association of Small Business Development Centers
• Biz Pathways
• Business.gov
• Entrepreneur.com
• Entrepreneurs' Organization
• FastTrac
• Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education
• Kauffman Foundation's Entreworld
• MicroMentor
• Minority Business Development Agency
• My Own Business, Inc.
• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
• PeerSpectives
• REAL Enterprises
• SBA Office of Entrepreneurial Development
• SBA Office of Native American Affairs
• SBA Office of Small Business Development Centers
• SBA Small Business Training Network
• SCORE
• Sirolli Institute
• The Abilities Fund

Software: Servicing

• Anchor Commercial Services
• Bottom Line Software, Inc.
• Bromelkamp Company
• CommonGoals Software
• DownHome Solutions
• Dynamic Interface Systems Corporation
• Financial Accounting Systems
• Grants Management Systems
• Lender Support Systems, Inc.
• Misys - IQ Financial Systems
• Multi-Financial Services Co., Inc.
• Nortridge Software, Inc.
• Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
• Princeton Investments, Inc.
• Trackitsoft, Inc.
• Village Software, Inc.
• Winning Edge Software, Inc.

Credit Report Sources

• Equifax
• Experian
• TransUnion