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Community Development Financial Institutions in North Carolina
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While the federal government does not provide grants for starting or growing small businesses, one of the mechanisms in place to promote small business growth and economic development is the Community Development Financial Institution Fund managed by the US Department of the Treasury.
Community Development Financial Institutions fall into four categories:
- Community Development Loan Funds
- Community Development Credit Unions
- Community Development Banks - Including Thrifts and Holding Companies
- Community Development Venture Capital Funds
SBDC | 
SCORE | 
WBC |
Other SBA Partner | 
CDFI
CAHEC New Markets, LLC
Raleigh
Chatham-Lee Credit Union
Pittsboro
College Heights Credit Union
Fayetteville
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Pembroke
MAY Coalition, Inc.
Spruce Pine
Metropolitan Community Credit Union
Washington
School Workers Federal Credit Union
CHARLOTTE
Self-Help Credit Union
Durham
Self-Help Ventures Fund
Durham
South East Community Credit Union
Wilmington
St. Luke Credit Union
Windsor
Tri County Credit Union
Ahoskie
Victory- Masonic Mutual Credit Union
Winston-Salem
Featured Government Grant Resources
Department of Agriculture: Value Added Producer Grants
The Value-Added Producer Grants program is geared towards helping the Independent Producers of Agricultural Commodities, Agriculture Producer Groups, Farmer and Rancher Cooperatives, and Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Ventures in developing techniques that would create marketing opportunities and establish business plans involving viable marketing opportunities that involve the production of bio-based products from agricultural commodities.
Historically Underutilized Business Zones - HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program
The Small Business Administration has established the Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) Empowerment Contracting Program wherein they aim to provide federal contracting assistance to eligible small business corporations which are located in underutilized business zones so as to improve their employment opportunities, investments, and their area's economic development.
