Mountain Bizcapital Inc.

Asheville, NC

UEI
C6ULKFNE5985
CAGE
4HPY0
Primary NAICS
522291 Consumer Lending
SAM.gov registration
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Company facts

Self-certified in SAM.gov
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Community Development Corporation
Entity structure
Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
SAM.gov registration date
Physical address
153 S Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801, USA
Founded
1989
Employees
11-50
Estimated annual revenue
$1M-$10M
Industry
  1. Financials
  2. Diversified Financial Services
  3. Financial Services
SIC code
61 Nondepository Institutions
Profiles

Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .

Contract awards

Award Agency Obligated Awarded
Scaleup contract to advantage west "" SBAHQ14C0016 Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer $723,740

Grant awards

Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Grant subawards

Prime recipient Prime award Amount Awarded
Not on record Subrecipient will administer a recovery grants program to assist Asheville businesses helping our economy recover from Tropical Storm Helene. The program is… B-25-MU-37-0001 $10,000,000
Not on record Mountain BizWorks will expand access to high-quality business coaching and classes to low-income entrepreneurs in Asheville and assist with microloan access.… B-25-MC-37-0001 $154,000

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About the company

Mountain Bizcapital Inc., a Asheville, North Carolina–based non-profit community development corporation and certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), operates as a federal grant recipient delivering microfinance, business coaching, and technical assistance to underserved entrepreneurs in rural and distressed communities, with no federal contract prime presence and minimal subrecipient activity. Mountain Bizcapital competes exclusively under federal grant programs; no contract vehicles, set-asides, or prime contract work appears in the source portfolio.

The organization's capability footprint centers on microloans up to $50,000, entrepreneurship education, one-on-one business coaching, peer advisory groups, and capacity-building technical assistance targeting women, minorities, low-income individuals, and socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs (SEDI) in economically distressed areas with limited access to traditional credit. Representative work includes a $6.5 million Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) project grant (CFDA 23.011, awarded October 1, 2024) supporting microloans and economic resilience programming across rural Western North Carolina; a $614,102 SBA Microloan Program formula grant (CFDA 59.046, July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025) providing direct lending capital and technical assistance; a $130,000 SBA PRIME (Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs, CFDA 59.050) technical assistance grant awarded September 30, 2023; and a four-year MBDA Capital Readiness Program cooperative agreement (CFDA covering September 1, 2023–August 31, 2027) designed to build capacity, attract capital access, and develop networks for SEDI entrepreneurs.

Customer concentration is diffuse across federal grant grantor agencies rather than dollars. The top five grantors account for 80% of recent awards by count: Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services (16 awards), SBA Office of Capital Access (11 awards), Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (8 awards), SBA (5 awards), and SBA Office of Performance Management and Chief Financial Officer (4 awards). However, dollar concentration inverts toward SBA: the SBA Office of Entrepreneurial Development anchors the combined potential-value ranking with $1.2 million, though the broader portfolio holds $49.6 million in combined obligated dollars across all 55 awards—indicating that most awards carry modest individual values or have already closed. Three awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a modest recompete window. Mountain Bizcapital also received two subrecipient awards in 2026 from municipal or federal entities—one for Asheville business recovery grants following Tropical Storm Helene and one for expansion of business coaching and microloan access to low-income entrepreneurs—suggesting growing demand for its service delivery network in its regional footprint.

Quick answers

Is Mountain Bizcapital Inc. registered in SAM.gov?

Yes. Mountain Bizcapital Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through March 24, 2027.

What is Mountain Bizcapital Inc.'s most recent federal award?

Mountain Bizcapital Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is SEC. 6022 rmap-rural micro develop organizations grants (disc) (CLSS00000118171), from Rural Business Cooperative Services (RHS), on March 25, 2026.

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