North Carolina

Lending Focus: Microbusiness/Small business

Lending Focus: Affordable housing, small business, food access, clean energy, and health.

Lending Focus: We provide rapid access to capital to the most vulnerable small business owners, focusing on communities including people of color, women, low- to moderate-income earners, people with disabilities, and start-ups. (with an alternate minimum loan amounts for Georgia of $3k+)

Lending Focus: Small business startup, growth, and succession funding with a focus on low-income, BIPOC, rural, and woman-owned businesses in the 26 western-most counties of North Carolina.

Lending Focus: Institute Capital provides debt and investment capital to affordable housing developers, community-based development organizations (CBDOs) and small businesses.

Lending Focus: BEFCOR’s CDFI activities are focused on assisting small businesses throughout North Carolina that are historically under-served by traditional lenders, especially minority, woman, veteran, and rural owned businesses.

Lending Focus: PCAP lends to small businesses located in rural and/or underserved communities. PCAP also focuses lending to women & BIPOC business owners and to sustainable enterprises. In these ways, PCAP promotes economic and environmental sustainability and supports entrepreneurs' efforts to build family and community wealth.