Picture yourself on a hiking journey 🚶‍♂️ through the financial landscape, searching for support for your small business's growth 💰. Along the way, you come across a signpost that reads, "Grants vs. Small Business Lending." Let's navigate these pathways together to find the answers you seek.

We're passionate about community development and helping small businesses succeed. Our primary focus is small business lending, offering various loan products to support your business's unique needs. Now, about grants—while we do offer them occasionally, they're quite rare, like finding hidden treasures (not as rare as, say, Big Foot) in the woods 🌲. Grants, in our world, aren't the main offering. Instead, we provide loans, which, unlike grants, require repayment but offer a reliable way to access capital for your business's growth.

As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), we're committed to supporting communities and small businesses. Our loans are like well-marked trails, providing a structured and sustainable way for your business to move forward 📈. We are not just a lender—we are hiking alongside you with coaches, advisors, resources, and more. Our business advisors are like fractional C-Suite members of your team! 💪

If grants are what you're seeking, they do pop up occasionally in line with our community development mission. We announce these opportunities publicly when available, so keep an eye out for them. 👀