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Venturize: Resources to grow your small business in the new year!

Learn about loans, retirement and healthcare for small businesses, get connected to trusted providers to help your enterprise grow.

Synergies Work – Where Ability Meets Opportunity

Are you an entrepreneur with a disability? We invite you to join the Synergies Work community to gain access to our resources, programs, and events.

RoadPitch: Connecting Black Founders to Investors

We are a fundraising initiative doing things a little differently. Our focus is on getting black tech founders funded by accredited investors.

Black Inclusive Wall Street – Chicagoland DPOCC

Chicagoland DPOCC launched the Black Inclusive Wall Street Project to promote the work of Black disabled/Deaf/neurodivergent/autistic entrepreneurs, artists, freelancers, social media influencers, and independent contractors.

4 Free, Online Entrepreneurship Growth Programs Starting in 2023!

Will Holmes Consulting works to provide our award-winning curriculum, proven to create increases in revenue, add jobs and have a positive impact on the local economy. Two of the programs offer a grant upon successful completion.

LEDC – Legal Clinics for Montgomery County-Based Businesses

Free Legal clinics will be available in the following areas: LEDC – White Oak office, Germantown Library, Charles W. Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center, and the Silver Spring Innovation Center.

Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation

In collaboration with our Small Business Partners, we address a range of needs for growing companies.

People’s Advantage Federal Credit Union’s Small Business Lending Initiative

Virginia Small Business Resiliency Fund will provide financial assistance to organizations that serve underserved, COVID-19 impacted business.

Community Investment Collaborative (CIC)

Will provide loans and microgrants for small businesses to help start and grow emerging enterprises

Launchpad

A business incubator which provides mentorship and general support to emerging companies. Is affiliated with William and Mary University.

Catalyst

Catalyst is a long-format accelerator, providing select central Virginia-based, early-stage startups with nine months of program support.

Black Farmer Equity Fund

Foodcap is funding a more equitable and regenerative local food economy through mission-driven lending and customized business support. In 2021, we launched the Black Farmer Equity Initiative to formalize our work supporting Black farmers.

Downtown Bristol Loan Fund

A community redevelopment agency which provides microloans of $2,500 to $25,000 to emerging businesses in Bristol, Virginia, that cannot access traditional financing sources.

People Incorporated

A community action agency which provides business loans to entrepreneurs in the context of broader economic development and low-income housing programs.

Lighthouse Labs

This technology accelerator provides 3 months of mentorship and support to emerging technology companies. They also provide $20,000 grants to 12 to 20 promising technology companies per year.

Community Business Partnership

At CBP’s Business Finance Center, we make a difference in people’s lives by lending to promising small businesses that are unable to secure financing through traditional means.

Newport News Urban Action Grant Program

Provides loans of up to $250,000 for companies that create new jobs in low- and moderate-income sections of Newport News. Up to $30,000 is available per new job created, or up to $35,000 per new job created in the city’s enterprise zone

Newport News Micro Enterprise Grant Program

This government agency provides grant funding of $500 to $3,500 to micro enterprises in the Southeast portion of the city. The business owner must be low to moderate income or located in a low or moderate income section of the city.

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority

This government agency provides loans of up to $10,000 to existing businesses in Virginia that have been in operation for at least two years. In some cases the loan can be increased to $25,000. The loan interest rate is a maximum of Prime + 3%.

Virginia Community Capital

Our lending team can find creative ways to bring your dreams to reality. VCC small business loans can help ensure your long-term success and goals.

Virginia’s Growth Alliance

This economic development agency provides microloans to small businesses of up to 40K through their Pack Fund microloan program. The loans are offered at low interest rates.

Department of Small and Local Business Development

DSLBD offers several resources that can assist in your business growth and entreprenuerial journey.

Virginia DHCD Funding Assistance

DHCD has several programs that can help expand a current business.

Starting a Business: Plan & Research

The most important step to starting a business is good planning. Fairfax County and its partners offer free support and resources to assist you.

Maryland Dept of Commerce Funding and Incentives

Learn about funding a Maryland business with programs and tax credits for businesses, banks and economic development organizations.

Maryland Entrepreneur Hub

Find Resources. Connect with Businesses. Navigate the Ecosystem. From funding to talent sources and everything in between, explore over 2,000 resources to build your business in Maryland.

The Disability Opportunity Fund

As the first national community development financial institution (CDFI) created for the disabled community, DOF provides an array of specific financial services through targeted lending and investments.

Resources for Entrepreneurs

Resources for business management, development and financing provided by Life Asset.

Life Asset

Providing microloans and training to low-income entrepreneurs who are overlooked by traditional lenders and financial institutions.

Disability:IN

We certify disability-owned business enterprises and veteran-disability owned businesses and link them to organizations looking to diversify their supply chains.

Hello Alice

No matter where you are in your business journey, Hello Alice is here to provide access to funding, tools, and resources to help you grow your business.

Wells Fargo

We’re here to help you reach your business goals. Get help finding the business accounts, financing, merchant services and resources for your small business.

Resource Guide for Montgomery County, MD

Resources for businesses in Montgomery County, MD including financing sources, partnership opportunities, and more.

Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD)

The OVBD facilitates the use of all U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs by veterans, service-disabled veterans, reservists, active-duty service members, transitioning service members, and their dependents or survivors. OVBD oversees Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOC), which are designed to provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling and resource partner referrals. The SBA has 22 organizations participating in this cooperative agreement and serving as Veterans Business Outreach Centers (VBOC).

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is the only federal agency solely dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises. Minority-owned firms seeking to penetrate new markets — domestic & global — and growing in size and scale, can access business experts at a MBDA Business Center.

Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA)

The Office of Native American Affairs is part of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Their mission is to ensure that American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses have full access to the necessary business development and expansion tools available through the Agency’s entrepreneurial development, lending, and procurement programs. ONAA contracts with two companies to offer entrepreneurial empowerment workshops and free technical assistance.

Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO)

The OWBO is part of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and helps women entrepreneurs through programs coordinated by SBA district offices. Programs include business training, counseling, federal contracts, and access to credit and capital. The OWBO oversees Women’s Business Centers (WBCs). These centers seek to level the playing field for all women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the business world.

SCORE

SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, is dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals. Since 1964, SCORE has provided education and mentorship to more than 11 million entrepreneurs. SCORE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)

SBDCs are America’s nationwide network of Small Business Development Centers. A partner program of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), SBDCs are hosted by universities, colleges, state economic development agencies and private sector organizations. Their mission is to help start and grow small businesses.