Communityworks

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2023 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) will fund Communityworks, a non-profit Community Development Corporation, to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance services to support small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The goal is to help remove discriminatory barriers women entrepreneurs face in accessing capital, markets, management, and other critical resources for business growth. Communityworks, as a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), will leverage this funding to deliver a range of entrepreneurship development services including entrepreneurship training, business consulting, financial literacy education, and facilitating access to capital specifically for women-owned small businesses in underserved communities.