CBP Financing Programs
Small Business Financing.
At CBP’s Business Finance Center, we make a difference in people’s lives by lending to promising small businesses that are unable to secure financing through traditional means. Our goal: to help small businesses become credit worthy so that they can create sustainable income and jobs. Our target markets are traditionally underserved and underbanked small businesses as well as low income communities.
We not only provide financing but we also share knowledge though the Community Business Partnership family of business assistance providers. We require loan clients to attend informative training sessions and regular counseling sessions to help them become even better business owners.
*Community Business Partnership is an ‘Equal Opportunity Lender’ and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.
CBP's Financing Programs
CBP offers financing to startups and small businesses seeking to sustain or grow their enterprises. We offer low interest and low cost financing to help each company achieve their dream of building a successful business. Check out our loan programs below to learn more about how we can help your business and community!
CBP does not provide financing for real estate acquisition, land purchases, or rehabbing.
Minimum Credit Score: 575
NOTE: Please submit ONLY ONE (1) loan inquiry form.
Do not submit an inquiry form for each of our loan programs.
Thank you!
FINANCING
Community Business Partnership is an approved U.S. Small Business Administration Intermediary Microlender. The SBA Microloan program is designed to assist women, low income, veteran, and minority entrepreneurs, and other small businesses in of of small amounts of financial assistance located in Community Business Partnership’s approved lending market. It is a revolving loan fund funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and is administered by the Community Business Partnership, Inc (CBP).
The mission of this Microloan Program is to integrate micro-level financing with training and technical assistance for startup, newly established, existing, and growing small businesses.
VA Counties: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford
VA Cities: Fairfax and Falls Church
Loan Amount through CBP: $1,000 - $50,000
Loan Term: Up to 72 months
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The Fairfax County Small Business Revolving Loan Fund was created by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors through its Department of Economic Initiatives and Fairfax County Economic Development Authority to help small businesses seeking financing that could not access through traditional means. This fund evolved out of the pandemic to continue the advancement of small businesses in the county.
VA County: Fairfax ONLY
VA Towns: Clifton, Herndon, and Town of Vienna
Loan Amount: $1,000 - $30,000
Loan Term: Up to 72 Months
FINANCING
Community Business Partnership (CBP) is an approved Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (VA DHCD) Small Business Resiliency lender. The VA Business Resiliency Loan Program through CBP is designed to help the underserved and underbanked entrepreneurs located in the northern neck of Virginia to help revitalize the local economy and build business resiliency.
VA Counties: Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Loudoun, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren,
VA Cities: Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Winchester
Loan Amount: $10,000 - $50,000
Loan Term: Up to 72 months
FINANCING
Community Business Partnership created the CBP Enterprise Loan program to support start-ups and established small businesses seeking capital to grow and expand their operations. This program provides financing to qualified small business throughout the:
Washington, DC, MSA region including Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Current Loan Amount: $5,000 - $50,000
Loan Term: Up to 72 Months
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The NOVA Freedom Fund is designed to help minority/people of color entrepreneurs located in Northern Virginia, and parts of the Greater Washington DC MSA region. It is a revolving loan fund funded by the Freedom Bank Foundation and various donors.
VA Counties: Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William
VA Cities: Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church
MD Counties: Montgomery and Prince George's
District of Columbia
Loan Amount: $5,000 - $20,000
Loan Term: Up to 72 Months
FINANCING
Kaiser Permanente (KP) provided a loan fund dollars to support to local businesses in the Northern Virginia to help them achieve financial stability. In collaboration with Community Business Partnership (CBP), a revolving loan fund has been created for small businesses in the Bailey’s Crossroads/Culmore neighborhoods of Fairfax County, Virginia.
VA County: Fairfax - Bailey's Crossroads/Culmore Businesses Only
Loan Amount: $1,000 - $15,000
Loan Term: Up to 72 Months
FINANCING
The Helping Hands Loan Fund is designed to help low-to-moderate income individuals attain self-sufficiency through entrepreneurship. This fund has the potential to help individuals, especially women, develop self-sufficiency through micro-enterprise development, which then helps to boost the local economy. The Helping Hands Loan Program helps borrowers supplement their family income with a small or seasonal income business.
The ability to access small sums of money to jump-start or support small business ventures is vital to the local economy. When a loan fund looks primarily at the borrower and their business or idea, not just their credit, it makes the loan program more viable and helps to create more success stories.
This program provides financing to qualified individuals, startups, and small businesses throughout the Washington, DC, MSA region including Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Loan Amount: $1,000 - $5,000
Loan term: Up to 72 Months
CBP's Funders
If your corporation, foundation, or organization is interested in supporting Community Business Partnership's mission in helping the underserved and underbanked micro-business owners, and individuals achieve financial success, please contact us today. CBP is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and we accept donations, sponsorships, grants, and other opportunities.
To learn more in how you can partner with our organization, please use the link below to start the process:
CBP's Supporters
