East Harlem Business Capital Corporation (BCC) is a start-up small business loan fund incorporated in 1999. The mission of BCC is to promote economic development and job creation in East Harlem by addressing the financial needs of the communitya€™s small business owners and entrepreneurs, including women and minority-owned businesses. BCCa€™s East Harlem target market is within the Federally-designated Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, an area that contains some of the highest levels of poverty in New York City. BCC provides small business loans between $10,000 and $50,000 to existing and start-up retail, service, and industrial businesses. In addition, BCC provides bi-lingual technical and financial counseling assistance to borrowers and prospective borrowers.