FINANCE 

Several corporations and organizations provide your business with financial resources, from low-interest and no-interest loan programs to venture capital opportunities.  The companies listed in this section know how to position your business to meet the needs of expansion and growth.

Community Development Corporation (CDC) Small Business Finance Corporation

925 Fort Stockton Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
800-611-5170, 619-291-3594, Fax: 619-291-6954

CDC Small Business Finance Corp. is the nations #1 lender certified by the U.S. Small
Business Administration to offer long-term, fixed-rate financing and other business
financing programs.

ACCION San Diego

1250 6th Avenue, Suite 500

San Diego World Trade Center
San Diego, CA 92101

619-685-1380 Fax: 619-685-1470

ACCION San Diego provides credit and training for low-to-moderate income microentrepreneurs throughout San Diego, Orange, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties. Since their inception in 1994, they have loaned over $6 million to 796 clients. Their client base reflects our community's rich diversity; approximately 60% of ACCION San Diego borrowers identify as part of an ethnic minority group, and 45% are women. These groups have historically faced barriers to obtaining business financing from traditional sources, and ACCION San Diego is proud to provide an alternative lending structure for these hard-working microentrepreneurs.

Small Business Association (SBA)

550 West "C" Street, Suite 530
San Diego, CA 92101-3500

619-557-7250, Fax: 619-557-5894

The U.S. Small Business Administration provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, in addition to a venture capital portfolio of $13 billion, the SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses. Last year, the SBA offered management and technical assistance to more than one million small business owners.