Allied for Community Business/Chi Biz Hub

Our mission is to provide the capital, coaching, and connections entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities.

Polsky Exchange Capital Access: Allies for Community Business

Speaker: Amanda Askew, Senior Community Lender, Allies for Community Business.  Allies for Community Business supports entrepreneurs from any background to start and grow their businesses and create generational wealth for their families and communities. Their mission is to provide the capital, coaching, and collaboration entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses in their communities.  This series features …

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Small Business Finance Basics

Allies for Community Business (A4CB) provides the capital, coaching, and connections entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities. A4CB offers loans between $500 and $100,000 to early, emerging, and established businesses at fair prices. In addition, A4CB provides free coaching to anyone who wants to start or grow …

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Learn with Allies for Community Business – Acquiring Small Business Loans

Ready to strengthen your business’s financial foundation? This workshop provides essential insights into securing small business loans and accessing valuable coaching services to support your entrepreneurial journey. Led by Yessenia Diaz De Leon, Director of Community Lending at Allies for Community Business (A4CB), this session offers a comprehensive overview of what lenders require when evaluating …

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Becoming WBE and MBE Certified

Finding and retaining customers is an ongoing necessity for all business owners. If you have ever considered selling products or services to a large institution, our next free coaching webinar is for you. Becoming WBE or MBE certified can help a business owner qualify for contracts offered by some of Chicago’s largest public, private, and …

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Artisan Entrepreneurs Academy Info Session

The Artisan Entrepreneurs Academy is a six-week virtual program providing creative entrepreneurs with capital, coaching, and connections to help grow their businesses. We will welcome 100 existing creative businesses who are passionate about sustainability and driving growth. Successful participants will be eligible for a $5,000 grant upon completion. This program is made possible through support …

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McKinsey Fast Grants

Grants of $10,000 each to four small businesses with underrepresented founders to tackle their toughest challenges and achieve sustainable growth. Includes six months of support from McKinsey to help refine and scale operations.

1:1 Coaching

You know your business best. We’re here to help you succeed. First, we will listen as you describe what you are trying to accomplish with your business, what challenges you are seeking to overcome, and how you think we can help. We will dedicate as much time to your business as you need, and our coaching is always free.

Community

Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab

The Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab partners—Allies for Community Business, Chicago Community Trust, and our funders—believe that entrepreneurs from any background can start and grow businesses that create generational wealth for their families and communities.

Getting Started

Loans

Allies for Community Business offers term loans and lines of credit between $500 and $100,000 to early, emerging, and established businesses in Illinois and Indiana.

Loans Grants Capital

Grants

Allies for Community Business has partnered with several public and private organizations to provide grants to small businesses over the last several years.

Loans Grants Capital