Resource Organizations
From local chambers of commerce to statewide trade groups, Connecticut is full of organizations that can assist your business. Find the professionals who can enhance your company with everything from grants to networking opportunities.
- CTNext is Connecticut’s innovation ecosystem, like an incubator helping entrepreneurs validate their ideas
- For entrepreneurs, CTNext has unique mentor programs, seminars and onsite workspaces
- CTNext is a support system that steps in with customized help right when entrepreneurs need it most
- A faith-based organization providing funding for projects that will promote social change in low-impact areas
- A variety of loans available for multiple different types of projects
- Technical assistance also available
- A CDFI for socially conscious enterprises in the New England region
- A financing program with loans of up to $1.5 million
- Offers resources to connect borrowers with technical assistance and more
- A Community Development Financial Institution offering assistance with affordable housing and real estate rehabilitation
- Provides loans to both commercial developers and first-time homebuyers
- A statewide organization with inroads into New York and Massachusetts
- The largest Community Development Financial Institution in Connecticut
- Loans for nonprofits, small businesses, and affordable housing development
- Programs also allow for affordable energy efficient renovations
- A Community Development Financial Institution providing financial products to underserved people and communities
- Offers a variety of financial services
- For new or established businesses
- A community development financial institution in the Hartford area
- Promotes just and affordable financial services to assist low-income residents
- A primary focus on rehabilitating neighborhoods, with other policy issues addressed on a rotating basis
