For Funders & Investors

Multiplying Our Impact

We partner with mission based funders and investors that are dedicated to supporting and growing small businesses across our region. We seek to…

• Partner with Small Business Owners to Achieve Their Goals.
• Increase Access and Reducing Barriers to Entrepreneurship.
• Drive Local Prosperity.
• Bolster Economic Growth & Diversity.

Why The Entrepreneur Fund?

You invest in us. We invest in entrepreneurs.

• We are a mission-based lender.
• We are a nonprofit
• We are a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution)

We leverage funds to have a multiplying effect on your donation.

Foundations & Governments

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the support of foundations and government funders. The philanthropic capital and grants our partners make allow us to build innovative solutions that create vibrant, prosperous communities for all. Entrepreneurs in every corner of our 17-county region benefit from our shared mission, strategic partnership and synergy around supporting and prioritizing small business.

Financial Institutions

We partner with financial institutions, including local, regional and national banks, to channel more capital into economically challenged communities, helping them achieve their community development goals and promote economic prosperity.

As a CDFI, we partner with financial institutions that are working hard to have a positive impact in their local communities. The two common ways we partner with banks are (1) referrals to and from and (2) funding to EF to support our work in under-resourced communities such as business owners with low to moderate incomes, women, BIPOC owners, and others.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS