Enterprise Community Fund

550 S. Arlington Street
Akron OH, 44306


Enterprise Community Fund (ECF), a non-profit business loan fund, makes working capital loans to small and micro-businesses in the distressed neighborhoods of the Akron Enterprise Community. ECF also provides businesses with much needed technical assistance. The CDFI Funda€™s award will be used by ECF to expand its lending for small amounts of working capital that banks have been unwilling to finance.

CDFI Awards for Enterprise Community Fund


CORE (1998) - $380,000

With the help of the CDFI Fund investment, this awardee seeks to promote more stable businesses and expand job opportunities for low-income individuals in the Akron Enterprise Community.



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