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Community Development Financial Institutions in Vermont
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While the federal government does not provide grants for starting or growing small businesses, one of the mechanisms in place to promote small business growth and economic development is the Community Development Financial Institution Fund managed by the US Department of the Treasury.
Community Development Financial Institutions fall into four categories:
- Community Development Loan Funds
- Community Development Credit Unions
- Community Development Banks - Including Thrifts and Holding Companies
- Community Development Venture Capital Funds
SBDC | 
SCORE | 
WBC |
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CDFI
New Hampshire New Market Investment Co., LLC
Saint Johnsbury
Northern Community Investment Corporation
St. Johnsbury
Opportunities Credit Union
Burlington
RNA Community Builders, Inc.
Rutland
Rutland West Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
West Rutland
Vermont Community Loan Fund, Inc.
Montpelier
Vermont Development Ventures Inc.
Burlington
Vermont Rural Ventures, Inc.
Burlington
Featured Government Grant Resources
National Endowment for the Humanities: National Digital Newspaper Program
The goal of the National Digital Newspaper Program is to crate a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between the years 1836 and 1922, from all of the States and its territories.
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.
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