S.g. Atkins Community Development Corporation

S.g. Atkins Community Development Corporation, doing business as S.g. Atkins CDC, is a non-profit community development corporation headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The organization operates the Enterprise Center, which provides commercial kitchen facilities and comprehensive business support programs designed to foster small business growth in underserved communities. Through federal grant awards, S.g. Atkins CDC delivers entrepreneurial development services focused on supporting women-owned businesses, food-based enterprises, and socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in the Appalachian region and beyond.

S.g. Atkins CDC has received substantial federal grant funding from multiple agencies to support its mission of economic development and business formation. The organization has been a consistent recipient of funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043), receiving multiple awards totaling $150,000 each in recent years (awards dated September 30, 2023; September 30, 2024; and September 23, 2025) in the form of both project grants and cooperative agreements. These SBA funds support the provision of training, counseling, and technical assistance specifically targeting women entrepreneurs and removing discriminatory barriers to business formation and growth. Additionally, S.g. Atkins CDC received a significant $1,304,173 project grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, awarded on September 13, 2022, which funded the expansion of the Enterprise Center's commercial kitchen facilities to triple available business center space and support food-based business formation and expansion in an economically distressed region impacted by coal industry decline. The organization also received a $166,250 project grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) dated October 1, 2024, supporting business incubator activities and entrepreneurial services throughout the Appalachian region. Furthermore, S.g. Atkins CDC participated in a collaborative project grant with Winston-Salem State University under the SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development in 2022, demonstrating the organization's role as both a standalone grantee and collaborative partner in federal grant initiatives.