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Local Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Charleston
Charleston Citywide Local Development Corporation
Serving Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester Counties. Provides small loans ranging from under $5,000 to a maximum of $50,000 to prospective, small business borrowers. Included in...View details

Columbia
Business Carolina, Inc.
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA. Contact: Charlie E. Harmon, CEO...View details

Columbia
Certified Development Corporation of South Carolina
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Greenville
Appalachian Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Rock Hill
Catawaba Regional Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Sumter
Santee-Lynches Regional Development Corporation
A non-profit economic development corporation for the South Carolina Counties of Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter. The RDC partners with the EDA, USDA, US SBA and private sector lenders to...View details



Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Nationwide
Accion USA
ACCION USA is a private, nonprofit organization that provides microloans and other financial services to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs who are unable to access bank credit for their...View details

Nationwide
Fund A Scientist
Contact: George Kurzon, M.D. Fund A Scientist is a website where individuals or institutions with funding can seek out scientists with innovative projects and provide ...View details

Nationwide
National Veterans Business Development Corporation
d/b/a The Veterans Corporation (TVC)
TVC fosters entrepreneurship and business opportunities for Veterans and Service Disabled Veterans by providing the tools and resources they need to be successful in business such as access to...View details

Nationwide
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
USDA Rural Development provides financial and technical resources in rural areas in order to support community and economic development opportunities, as well as improve quality of life issues....View details

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