INITIAL STARTUP CONSIDERATIONS
For an overview of how to plan, launch, manage, and grow
your small business, visit sba.gov/business-guide
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Washington Metropolitan Area District Office (WMADO)
409 3rd Street SW, Floor 2, Washington, DC 20416
(202) 205-8800 · sba.gov · sba.gov/dc · sba.gov/learning
WASHINGTON AREA COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT FUND
Established in 1987, the Washington Area Community
Investment Fund’s mission is to promote equity and
economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods in the
Washington, DC region. Their mission is driven by three
strategic pillars: inclusive entrepreneurship, community
wealth building, and equitable economic development,
and is fulfilled by providing access to capital products and
services, and capacity building technical assistance to low-
and moderate-income entrepreneurs. WACIF’s programs and
services include: specialized technical assistance, WACIF’s
Opportunity Loan, contract lines of credit and microloans.
2012 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20018
(202) 529-5505 · wacif.org
WASHINGTON, DC WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER
The Washington, DC Women's Business Center (DC WBC)
is a business development organization that serves women
entrepreneurs in the DC Capital Region. The DC WBC
provides training and consulting to assist in the growth
of women-owned businesses in federal procurement
opportunities. The DC WBC is funded in part by the SBA
to provide training and one-on-one counseling to women
entrepreneurs, especially women who are economically or
socially disadvantaged.
740 15th Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
(202) 393-8307 · dcwbc.org · info@dcwbc.org
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE (SBTA)
Department of Housing and Community Development
Community-based Nonprofit Organizations (DHCD
CBOs) provide technical assistance, support, and
training to small and retail businesses focusing on
neglected commercial corridors in low and moderate
income areas in DC. Assistance provided includes microloan
packaging, business planning, entrepreneurial
training, one-on-one business technical assistance, tax
preparation assistance, accounting assistance, or legal
assistance. CBOs in partnership with DHCD are heavily
involved in neighborhood revitalization efforts in these
areas, including major commercial project planning and
interagency business development coordination.
To apply for assistance or receive more information,
please contact LEDC, WACIF, SB Works, or one of the
other CBOs listed below:
ANACOSTIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE #100, Washington, DC 20020
(202) 889-5000 · anacostiacdc.com
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
1227 Good Hope Road, SE, Washington DC 20020
(202) 365-5586 · archdevelopment.org
CONGRESS HEIGHTS COMMUNITY TRAINING &
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
3215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20032
(202) 563-5200 · chctdc.org
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
2604 Georgia Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001
(202)483-4986 · dcch.org
DC FASHION FOUNDATION
1629 K Street, NW, Suite 30, Washington, DC 20006
(202) 355-3929 · info@dcfashionfoundation.org
DEANWOOD HEIGHTS MAIN STREETS
4645 Nannie H. Burroughs Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20019
(202) 621-2288 · dhmainstreets.org · info@dhmainstreets.org
EMORY BEACON OF LIGHT, INC.
6203 Piney Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20011
(202) 829-5732 · emorybeaconoflight.org
FRIENDS OF RHODE ISLAND AVENUE
2300 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Suite 202, Washington, DC 20018
(202) 525-7286 · riamainstreet.org · info@riamainstreet.org
GREATER WASHINGTON HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
910 17th Street, NW, #1150, Washington, DC 20006
(202) 728-0352 · gwhcc.org
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MBDA)
BUSINESS CENTER
(202) 482-0101 · mbda.gov
(202) 464-2304 · mbda.gov/businesscenters
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