The Chicago Region Food System Fund (CRFSF/the Fund) awarded $3.8 million to 39 organizations, including A4CB, for projects that build on previous grantmaking by the Chicago Region Food System Fund to strengthen a resilient food system for the Chicago region.
Ms. Tiff Enterprises received a loan from Allies for Community Business through a partnership with Northern Illinois Community Initiatives (NICI), a foundation created by Nicor Gas.
DCEO has enlisted Allies for Community Business to serve as the program administrator for the B2B Local Chambers program.
A4CB client Lateshia Jackson shares her journey starting her business.
BMO Director of U.S. Zero Barriers to Business Ronald Milsap discusses the importance of CDFIs like Allies for Community Business.
A4CB partner Bob Crawford discusses the foundation and impact of A4CB’s Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab.
WBDC and A4CB served as grant administrators of the $50 million Cook County Source Grant program.
Did you miss the information session for the 2023 West Side United Small Business Grant? Watch the recording!
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A4CB’s Rowan Richards presented on A4CB’s Coaching Credit Loans as part of BACP’s Workshop Webinars.
A4CB’s Mary Tritsis attended the CDFI Friendly Evansville Region convening which included a full day of presentations and conversations about how CDFIs can help businesses grow in Evansville.
After six weeks of training and coaching in partnership with AOF, A4CB, LiftFund and Prospera, 100 grantees have graduated from The PepsiCo Foundation’s Impacto Hispanic Business Accelerator Program.