The New Mexico Community Loan Fund

Formed in 1989, the New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund is a private, tax-exempt organization that provides loans, training and business consulting to entrepreneurs, business owners and non-profit organizations throughout the state and the entire Navajo Nation. Our services support the efforts of low-income individuals and their communities to achieve self-reliance and control over their economic destinies.
Online at www.loanfund.org.

The Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of the nation. The SBA recognizes that small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses.
Online at www.sba.gov.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)

SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. Founded in 1964, SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). SCORE has 389 chapters in locations throughout the United States and its territories, with 10,500 volunteers nationwide. Both working and retired executives and business owners donate time and expertise as business counselors.
Online at www.abqscore.org.

Accion New Mexico

ACCION New Mexico is a nonprofit organization that increases access to business credit, makes loans, and provides training which enable emerging entrepreneurs to realize their dreams and be catalysts for positive economic and social change.

ACCION New Mexico is dedicated to:

• Forming enduring partnerships with entrepreneurs based on shared, calculated risks, individual responsibility, mutual accountability and investment in human potential.
• Meeting client demand for market-focused loan products and superior service.
• Maximizing the long-term impact of ACCION New Mexico by optimizing internally generated revenues and operating efficiencies.

Online at www.accionnm.org.

Wesstcorp

WESST Corp is a non-profit economic development organization headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their mission is to facilitate the start-up and growth of women and minority-owned businesses throughout the state of New Mexico, although WESST Corp's services are available to any New Mexico resident seeking to start or grow a business.
www.wesst.org

UNM Law Clinic

The University of New Mexico School of Law's Clinical Law Program is nationally recognized as one of the best in the United States. More than a clinic, it is one of New Mexico's largest law firms and serves a broad spectrum of low-income clients. Clinical education has been an essential component of the school's curriculum since 1970, and the school remains at the forefront of developing programs in practical lawyering skills. Through the clinic requirement, students are ensured a solid background in professional skills, values and practices as they develop into practicing lawyers.
http://lawschool.unm.edu/clinic/