ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS INC
EIN 58-2383669 · Economic Development (S30)
What they do
SEE SCHEDULE OACCESS to CAPITAL for ENTREPRENEURS, INC. (ACE), is A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES LOANS to START and GROW BUSINESSES. ACE is THE LARGEST GEORGIA-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (CDFI) FOCUSED ON SMALL BUSINESSES. FOUNDED IN 2000 WITH A $50,000 GRANT to SERVE FOUR NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES, ACE WAS CERTIFIED AS A CDFI IN 2004. ACE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED ITS REACH and IMPACT OVER THE YEARS, WITH OFFICES IN ATLANTA, TIFTON SOUTHWEST GEORGIA)AND CLEVELAND (NORTH GEORGIA), ALONG WITH WOMENS BUSINESS CENTERS IN NORCROSS (METRO-ATLANTA) and SAVANNAH. ACES MISSION is to HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GROW BY REMOVING BARRIERS to ACCESSING CAPITAL. ACE OFFERS ITS BORROWERS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES to CREATE FINANCIALLY and ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, ACE HAS PROVIDED OVER $246 MILLION IN LOANS to 2,800 SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATING or RETAINING MORE THAN 22,000 JOBS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1998
- Location
- 3173 HIGHWAY 129 N, CLEVELAND, GA 30528-2715
- County
- White
- In care of
- % GRACE COVINGTON FRICKS PRES