top of page
Help us light the way.

Your generous support and belief in our mission helps Carolina Small Business Development Fund provide capital, technical assistance, and policy research to light the way for underserved small businesses in North Carolina. 

If you would like to make a donation by personal check or ACH, please reach out to Director of Development and Strategy Amanda Sorrells at asorrells@carolinasmallbusiness.org.

Your donation will help small business owners' dreams come true. Your generous support enables Carolina Small Business Development Fund to help effective and self-sustaining small businesses that have systemically lacked access to funding – particularly those owned by women, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and other minorities. With access to these funds, these under-served groups can expand their businesses, grow their incomes, and improve the lives of family members, employees, and neighbors in profound ways: higher employment, lower poverty rate, access to higher education and overall improvement of community and state. We will acknowledge your generous donation by sending you a letter for tax purposes.

CINTHIA PINEDA_37.jpg
Ron Simmons.jpg
DAILY VIEW POOLS_NCSB-52_edited.jpg

VOLUNTEER

Help us help others. Volunteers play a crucial role in the development of current and aspiring small business owners. Our volunteers contribute in a variety of ways, including one-on-one counseling and via providing subject matter expertise. If you don't have an interest in direct client interaction, but want to volunteer with our staff in other ways, those opportunities are also available. To learn more about volunteering with us, please complete the below registration form.

TREEHOUSE_STUDIO_JOSEPHINE-6.jpg
SPONSORS & INVESTORS

Thank You, Investors

Our work is made possible by the generous financial support of our investors. Thank you to each of our investors for your belief in our mission and your commitment to North Carolina's small business ecosystem. Without you, our work would not be possible. 

City of Asheville.png
Dogwood Logo.jpg
ezgif-2-a3c4fd1cf3.jpg
Pinnacle-logo-hi-res.jpg

Thank You, Sponsors and Partners

We are consistently grateful to all of our sponsors and partners for their generous support, collaboration, and belief in our mission. It truly is our vibrant small business ecosystem that allows us to do the work that we do, and we could not be more appreciative of our investors, sponsors, and partners who help us light the way forward for North Carolina's small business owners. 

  • African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs

  • AltCap

  • AMP Up Charlotte

  • Association of Mexicans in North Carolina (AMEXCAN)

  • Appalachian Community Capital

  • Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

  • Asheville Chamber of Commerce

  • Asheville Mall

  • Bank of America

  • BizRadio.US

  • Black Wall Street

  • Boone Area Chamber of Commerce

  • Buncombe County

  • Capital Area Workforce Development Board

  • Carolina Community Impact

  • CDFI Fund

  • Charter Communications/Spectrum

  • City of Asheville

  • City of Charlotte

  • City of Durham

  • City of Raleigh

  • Durham County Government

  • Duke Energy

  • Dogwood Health Trust

  • East Carolina University

  • Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC)

  • El Centro Hispano

  • El Centro of Henderson County

  • ENVOY Guide

  • FDY Inc.

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

  • Fifth Third Bank

  • First Citizens Bank

  • Genesis Block

  • Goodwill Industries

  • Greater Durham Black Chamber of Commerce

  • Greensboro Chamber of Commerce

  • Guilford County Government

  • Harvest Finance

  • Highland Brewing

  • Invest Appalachia

  • International Economic Development Council (IEDC)

  • Invest Detroit

  • JB Media

  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

  • Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte

  • LISC Charlotte

  • Live Oak Bank

  • McGuire Woods

  • M&F Bancorp

  • Mecklenburg County Government

  • Merriwether and Williams Insurance Services

  • Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty

  • MountainWest Partnership

  • Mountain BizWorks

  • National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB)

  • National Institute for Minority Economic Development

  • NC IDEA

  • North Carolina Department of Administration Office of Historically Underutilized Businesses

  • North Carolina Department of Commerce

  • North Carolina Education Lottery

  • North Carolina Economic Development Association (NCEDA)

  • North Carolina Office of the Secretary of State

  • North Carolina MWBE Coordinators' Network

  • North State Bank

  • Office of NC Governor Roy Cooper

  • Office of Public Engagement and Inclusion

  • Opportunity Finance Network

  • Olamina Fund

  • Pinnacle Financial Partners

  • PNC Bank

  • Prospera USA

  • Provident 1898

  • Raza Development Fund

  • Regions Bank

  • ResilNC

  • SCORE

  • Self-Help Credit Union

  • Scale Link

  • Small Business Center Network

  • Small Business Technology Development Center

  • SouthState Bank

  • Southwest Commission

  • Stand and Deliver, LLC

  • State of North Carolina

  • Studio 229 on Brevard

  • TD Bank

  • Consulate General of Honduras (Charlotte)

  • The Mexican Consulate

  • Thread Capital

  • Tory Burch Foundation

  • TowneBank

  • Transworld Business Advisors

  • United Bank

  • United Minority Contractors of North Carolina

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government

  • U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • U.S. Small Business Administration

  • Wells Fargo

  • WNC Business

  • Woodforest National Bank

  • Yancey County Chamber of Commerce

bottom of page