Need financing for your business?

A variety of financing programs exist to help small and medium-sized businesses gain access to capital:

RESOURCE	TYPE OF LOAN	$ AMOUNT/ LIMITS
Self-Employment Loan Fund (SELF)	Peer Lending Program (PLP); particularly good for start ups	$200 to $5,000
SELF	Individual Loan Program (ILP); follow up loan to start-up PLP or for newer businesses	$3,000 to $15,000
Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC)	Small business microloans for all types of businesses	$2,000 to $35,000
U.S. SBA 7A Guaranty Program	Lines of credit or term loans for most business purposes; refinancing is permitted; available through SBA qualified lenders	$50,000 to $2,000,000
U.S. SBA 504 Program	Fixed asset acquisition only; real estate, equipment (no rolling stock); available through Southwest Business Financing Corporation, an Arizona CDCLP	$250,000 to 1,500,000
City of Phoenix (COP) - Expansion Assistance and Development (EXPAND) Program	Supplies additional collateral on business expansion loans; works with a conventional commercial loan or SBA loan	Collateral dollars available up to 25% of approved loan amount (50% in Phoenix Enterprise Community); maximum of $150,000
COP - IDA Tax-Exempt Bonds	Bond financing for larger manufacturers and nonprofit organizations	Issuances of $1,000,000 to $10,000,000

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