Small Businesses & Nonprofits | New Hampshire Community Loan Fund

For Small Businesses & Nonprofits

Private, non-governmental, flexible assistance that fits the needs of your company or organization.

More Than Loans

We go beyond the services of traditional lenders by connecting you to a knowledge network of experts to help you with finances and other business-related information. Connect with coaching services that can help you analyze your organization and make informed decisions aimed at helping you pay off your loan, hit your financial goals, and improve your organization.

Business Lending Nonprofit Lending

Services

Lending Capital

Small business and nonprofit owners need flexible capital that meets individual needs. Our one one-size-fits-one approach to lending allows us to meet you where you are.

Coaching & Guidance

Our coaching and guidance efforts are the cornerstone of our lending work across the state. We approach this as business consultants and find the tools and resources that work for you. Our belief that lending alone isn't enough is central to our mission. We are with you for the long haul.

Grant Writing & Project Development

Grant funds require significant planning and preparation before an application is submitted: establish a scope of work, develop budgets and timelines, and identify match funds. Then, when a potential funding source is discovered, collect organizational documents. Our experience in securing and administering grant funds support projects that create jobs and improve communities.

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Small Business Services Cost Share Program

NCIC, a program of New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has received an award from the USDA-RD Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) Program. The purpose of this project is to provide funding for technical assistance services for small businesses. These Funds are available for small businesses located in the New Hampshire counties of Carroll, Coos, and Grafton, as well as in the Vermont counties of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans.

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Service Focus Areas

We are happy to invite you to discover some of the unique services we focus on to enhance our general small business and nonprofit lending.

Meet our Business Lending Team

Celebrating Success

We only succeed when our borrowers succeed. Their stories bring us joy and drive us every day to work to provide more opportunities for our neighbors to shine.

Small Businesses

Mill Village Country Store in Stoddard Keeps Their Doors Open

How do you keep your store going when the floor’s about to collapse?

Small Businesses

Robertson Family Adds Creamery to Help Bohanan Farm Stay Productive and Profitable

What does it take for a family farm to survive for five generations?

Grant Writing and Project Management, Small Businesses, Local Food

Short Creek Farm: Supporting a Local Business in Ways Large and Small

As Short Creek Farm grew, they needed capital — to develop products, increase production, and to scale up in a big way that also helps other small farmers.

Small Businesses, Nonprofits

Community-centered in Warner

The building would enable MSW to provide the food pantry much-needed storage space, provide concerts and other events, and host meetings.

Nonprofits

One Building, Double Impact

MamaSezz Believes in Food That Heals

The idea:

Provide business-growth financing with more flexibility than traditional loans and without owners having to cede control to investors.

All Stories

Working with the Community Loan Fund was so much easier than I expected. Within two weeks I was meeting with a feasibility study consultant with experience in our field. The result is a large savings in time and capital and more focus on the essence of our business. The Community Loan Fund is a fantastic resource.

Greg MeehOwner, Canterbury Spirits

We can have a lot of beautiful ideas, but mentorship is invaluable in moving those ideas into practicality. And that’s part of this process with the Community Loan Fund.

Nicole SubletteTherapist and Entrepreneur

Working with Community Loan Fund has really, really helped our business tremendously. And, we're looking forward to great things happening in the nearest future. We have a target. We have a goal. And we’re seeing it happen.

Enoche IwodiCo-founder & CEO, Amazing Hands Healthcare Staffing LLC

Now that we have this mobile kitchen, which would not have happened without the Community Loan Fund, we're able to actually see that goal become reality.

Amber PollockCo-Owner, Sunfox Farm

They give you way more than just a loan. They coach you. It was a relief to have someone to talk to about the business.

Ahmad AissaOwner, Aissa Sweets

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