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ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS — 2009
alt.Consulting $75,000
Pine Bluff, AR
General support to provide assistance in small business development to business owners and communities in the Mid South Delta. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Black Umbrellas $25,000
Cape Town, South Africa
Project support for the provision of full support services to small businesses with owners from disadvanged communities
 
The Brookings Institution $75,000
Washington, DC
Project support for the Metropolitan Policy Program First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
California Community Economic Development Association $40,000
Los Angeles, CA
General support for its members' home-ownership, enterprise development, and access to capital efforts.
 
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. $150,000
Bethesda, MD
Project support for the National Rural Funders' Collaborative which seeks to expand resources available to low-income rural areas and improve the practice of rural grantmaking. Second payment of a two-year $300,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. $125,000
Wiscasset, ME
General support for Coastal's enterprise development approach to asset building in New England. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Enterprise Corporation of the Delta $125,000
Jackson, MS
General support to improve access to capital that finances the creation and expansion of commercial enterprises and home ownership opportunities in the Mid South Delta. Second payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Great Neighborhoods Development Corporation $30,000
Minneapolis, MN
General support to promote economic development through commercial real estate development in distressed Minneapolis neighborhoods.
 
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Inc. $75,000
Boston, MA
Project support for Inner City Capital Connections that provide technical assistance to inner city companies on the use and providers of private equity capital.
 
Kent State University Foundation, Inc./Ohio Employee Ownership Center $75,000
Kent, OH
General support of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center to provide outreach, information, and technical assistance to employees and business owners on employee ownership. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Lawyers Alliance for New York $35,000
New York, NY
General support for legal assistance to nonprofits promoting access to capital, quality child care and economic development. Second payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Marketumbrella.org $75,000
New Orleans, LA
General support to Marketumbrella.org to initiate and promote ecologically sound economic development for small-scale farmers and producers. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers $30,000
Minneapolis, MN
General support for an association of community development organizations working to increase wealth and resources in Twin Cities' neighborhoods through housing and economic development and regional policy work.
 
Mission Economic Development Association $50,000
San Francisco, CA
General support to promote enterprise development and home ownership opportunities in San Francisco's Mission District. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development $100,000
Berea, KY
General support for enterprise development and sustainable community-based economic development in Appalachian Kentucky. Second payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Neighborhood Development Center, Inc. $75,000
St. Paul, MN
General support to provide training, working capital, and incubator facilities to entrepreneurs and for commercial real estate development in the inner cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
New York Industrial Retention Network $50,000
New York, NY
General support to assist manufacturing firms employing entry-level workers and/or located in lower-income communities in New York City. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc. $125,000
Bronx, NY
General support to expand and strengthen worker-owned enterprises in the home health care industry. Second payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
PeopleFund $50,000
Austin, TX
General support for commercial enterprise development in East and South Austin. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
The Progress Fund $50,000
Greensburg, PA
General support to provide financing and technical assistance to small businesses in rural Appalachian communities in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and south eastern Ohio. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA $50,000
Pittsboro, NC
General support for RAFI's efforts to help North Carolina's farmers preserve assets and to improve the earning power of their farms.
 
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit $50,000
Detroit, MI
General support to provide financing and technical assistance to small businesses in Detroit. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Shorebank Enterprise Group Pacific $100,000
Ilwaco, WA
General support to provide financing and technical assistance for small business development in low-income, coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest. Second payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Sustainable Jobs Development Corporation $30,000
Durham, NC
General support to support the development and implementation of a communication splan.
 
Sustainable Jobs Development Corporation $50,000
Durham, NC
General support to provide assistance and increased access to capital for entrepreneurial businesses in order to expand their positive community economic development and environmental outcomes. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc. $35,000
Austin, TX
Project support to bring pro bono corporate attorney resources to community development practitioners in Texas. Second payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Valley Economic Development Center, Inc. $75,000
Van Nuys, CA
General support for its technical assistance, financing, and training programs for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
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