Program areas at CLIMB Fund
Lending ProgramsBusiness builder loans, SBA Microloan Program, small business loan program, real estate loans, line of credit, and Quick Recovery Loan programs provide funding to eligible businesses within the organization's service area to meet most needs that those businesses may have. although the Fund does not compete with the commercial lenders, it works in collaboration with the local banks and all small business resources in the community.
Technical Assistance ProgramTechnical Assistance ProgramCoupled with its loan products, the organization provides both pre-loan counseling to prospective applicants and intensive post-loan developmental services to its borrowers. Such assistance occurs in various forums: one-on-one counseling, group sessions, workshops, seminars, classes, exhibitions, and site visits. Many of the group sessions are conducted in collaboration with local community resources such as SBDC, SCORE, or the SBA, just to name a few. Throughout the year, the Organization provided over 1,700 entrepreneurs some level of technical assistance at more than 130 seminars, workshops, or networking events.The organization views its one-on-one technical assistance as critical to providing a foundation for success and offers such assistance through several vehicles of delivery to include consultant team, staff, and its community resources. The consultant team allows the Organization to provide specialized training by offering bookkeeping and QuickBooks training and business counseling through its site visit program. During the year, 248 businesses have received almost 4,000 hours of specialized training.