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Institute for Community Economics
1101 30th Street, NW, Suite 400Springfield MA, 20007-3771
CDFI Awards for Institute for Community Economics
SECA (2000) - $95,000
The Fund"s $95,000 technical assistance award will pay for the development of an internal communication computer network, fundraising and loan administration software, and computers.
CORE (1999) - $450,000
The CDFI Fund"s $405,000 capital grant will help ICE develop a long-term mortgage product, and the $45,000 technical assistance grant will fund the development of a marketing strategy to increase ICE"s lending.
CORE (1997) - $1,221,100
The $1,125,000 CDFI Fund grant and $96, 100 technical assistance award will be used to strengthen the organization"s capital base, refine its lending programs and develop new products.
Other Community Development Financial Institutions in Massachusetts
ACCION USA
Boston
AI Wainwright LLC
Boston
BCLF Ventures II, LLC
Boston
Institute for Community Economics
Springfield
Jobs for Fall River, Inc.
Fall River
Local Enterprise Assistance Fund
Brookline
MHIC, LLC
Boston
NOAH Community Development Fund, Inc.
East Boston
UECDF Corporation
Roxbury
WCHR Securities, Inc.
Worcester
YouthBuild Loan Fund
Somerville
Featured Government Grant Resources
Common Bean Productivity Research for Global Food Security Competitive Grants Program
In keeping with this mission, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture has recently established the Common Bean Productivity Research for Global Food Security Competitive Grants Program in an attempt to develop approaches and methods that can efficiently address the various challenges facing common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) production among small holder producers in food insecure countries.
Small Business Administration's Portable Assistance Program
The Small Business Administration has established the Portable Assistance Program wherein they seek to provide grants to Small Business Development Lead Centers that provide services to small businesses in an effort to increase the success of small business establishments and their viability in certain communities where economic hardship is apparent and is attributable to the impact of a major disaster.
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Calgary Social Enterprise Offers High-Tech Services by People with Autism
Meticulon, a project of Autism Calgary Association in partnership with the federal government and the Sinneave Family Foundation, operates as a social enterprise that renders high-tech services provided by people with autism, leveraging their natural abilities at requiring attention to detail, repetition, and sequencing.
