Assisting Small Businesses
Rebuilding Communities

Alternative Financing

CEDF has numerous loan products to assist small business owners who have problems obtaining traditional financing, CEDF provides loans with flexible terms to ensure business success.

Access to Business Expertise

CEDF provides ongoing business support after the loan is closed. CEDF's professional staff assists each borrower to reach the goals of the business plan and to address issues that might get in the way of success.

A Comprehensive Community Development Approach

In addition to working with small businesses, CEDF provides technical assistance and grants to community-based organizations working to improve their neighborhoods. Small businesses cannot operate in a vacuum but need safe and attractive places to operate. CEDF provides grants for community-based economic development projects that stabilize and enhance neighborhoods.

Our Mission...

CEDF was created in 1994 to revitalize Connecticut's distressed neighborhoods by providing greater access to capital, technical assistance to small businesses and support for community economic development.  Since then CEDF had provided millions of dollars in loans to small businesses, created and retained hundreds of jobs for the state's residents, and funded numerous community planning efforts.  Joining forces with the state, leading lenders and representatives from low and moderate income communities, CEDF is bringing help for Connecticut's small businesses and neighborhoods.

The mission of the Community Economic Development Fund (CEDF) is to strengthen neighborhood economies by providing flexible financial and technical support to small businesses, community organizations and initiatives in targeted communities and to low and moderate-income individuals throughout Connecticut.