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Small Business Leader Award

OPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK

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Funding Amount

Up to $75,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Small Business Leader Award

Status: Past initiative (held 2014-2016)

Overview: A national award recognizing innovation and growth in mission, impact, and financial sustainability among mission-driven small business lenders.

Geographic Scope: National

Focus Areas:

  • Innovation and growth in mission-driven small business lending

  • Mission, impact, and financial sustainability

  • Excellence in CDFI and mission-driven lending sector

    • Eligibility:

  • Mission-driven small business lenders

  • CDFIs

    • Support:

  • Supported by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Surdna Foundation, and OFN

  • Winners honored at annual OFN Conference

  • Grant funding up to $75,000 per winner

    • Award Years:

  • 2016 winners: Accion (AZ, CO, NV, NM, TX), Carolina Small Business Development Fund, Community Reinvestment Fund USA (MT & ID)

  • 2015 winners: Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), with finalists Pathway Lending and PIDC Community Capital

  • 2014 winners: New York Business Development Corporation, with runner-up Opportunity Fund and finalists Business & Community Lenders of Texas and Bridgeway Capital

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    small-businesses

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