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We’re leveling the playing field for entrepreneurs so they can easily access and match with funding opportunities and resources that are available to help them grow & create jobs.

Our university, foundation, and investor-backed social enterprise is providing a safe, easy, and secure alternative to the growing number of predatory online lenders & brokers.

The FundingNavigator Platform matches entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, and nonprofits with the largest national network of high-quality community banks, credit unions, non-profit lenders, CDFI’s, community funding sources, and economic development resources.


FINANCIAL INCLUSION + ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

8,000 entrepreneurs and businesses are declined for small business financing every day in the United States because they didn’t apply to the right funder.

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As noted by Karen Mills, distinguished senior fellow at Harvard University and former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration:

“There is a disconnect between banks, who claim that there’s a lack of demand and that they can’t find enough qualified borrowers, and creditworthy business owners, who describe going from bank to bank unable to get a business loan.”

A large and growing number of predatory online lenders are profiting from this disconnect with deceptive tactics, predatory practices, misleading fees, & hidden costs.