A series of local organizations and agencies are available to provide financial assistance to entrepreneurs starting a business.

Community Capital Development (CCD)

CCD provides small business loans and technical assistance for small businesses through the Business Assistance Center. The Business Assistance Center also provides one-on-one assistance to help entrepreneurs put together a business plan. CCD maintains an online resource accessible at: http://www.seattleccd.com/ or may be contacted at (206) 324-4330.

Cascadia Revolving Fund

Cascadia provides small business loans and technical assistance to low-income entrepreneurs.

Cascadia maintains a website accessible at: http://www.cascadiafund.org/ or may be contacted at (206) 447-9226.

Small Business Administration (SBA)

The SBA also offers small business loans.

The Seattle office of the SBA maintains a website listing SBA financing resources at: http://www.sba.gov/wa/seattle/financing.html or may be contacted at (206) 553-7311.

Evergreen Community Development

Evergreen is a nonprofit organization which acts as an intermediary between entrepreneurs and two federal government commercial loan programs— the SBA 504 loan program and the Rural Loan Fund, targeting small business in rural Washington.

More detailed information about Evergreen’s lending procedures is available at: http://www.ecda.com/ or may be contacted at (206) 622-3731.

Washington CASH

Washington CASH, a community-based non-profit, provides training and lending services for low-income women, people with disabilities, immigrants and other lowincome individuals to support starting up or expansion activities. Washington CASH maintains a website accessible at:
http://www.washingtoncash.org/ or may be contacted at (206) 352-1945.