Coaching to capital

OVERVIEW

Access to Capital allows black businesses to grow their business & reinvest into the communities they serve
The Coaching to Capital Program is a one-year program that provides a select group of African American Chamber of Commerce (“AACC”) members with hands-on training, mentor-coaches and a banker/advisor to prepare that member to access the commercial lending market. Through the program, the AACC is rebuilding relationships between local banks and AACC members by evidencing how developing a strong banking relationship can strengthen a member’s business and support its growth.
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The Program is created to:
  • Offer one solution to the access to capital problem that has plagued African American business owners for decades;
  • Strengthen the relationship between the AACC and partner bank to begin establishing trust between the African American business community and that partner bank;
  • Document and track how Program participants have been able to use the financial tools, financial education and services at a partner bank to advance its business goals;
  • Provide the AACC with a trusted banking partner to service AACC members on an ongoing basis.
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Participant Eligibility Criteria
  • Be a current (or become a) member of the AACC and have such membership be in good standing;

  • At least two years of operation, which is evidenced by tax returns for the prior two years;

  • Revenues of more than $150,000;

  • Qualification as a Minority Business Enterprise by presenting evidence that the business is at least 51% owned and/or controlled by an African American;

  • Summary of prior attempts to secure loans and their existing banking relationships (if any), and if none, what has prevented the applicant from establishing a banking relationship;

  • Summary of how joining this Program will help the AACC member achieve its business goals.

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