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NEBRASKA |
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Historically, Nebraskans have built their
livelihoods and communities one job at a time – primarily through
small, family-operated businesses and farms. Many of today’s
most successful business in Nebraska began many years ago as small
locally-owned businesses. |
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MICROENTERPRISE |
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These microenterprises – with five
or fewer employees – are the base of Nebraska’s economy.
The Nebraska Microenterprise Partnership Fund does not directly serve
businesses, but provides funding for programs that provide loans,
training and technical assistance to businesses. |
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PARTNERSHIP |
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The Nebraska Microenterprise Partnership
Fund is a statewide financial intermediary dedicated to supporting
microenterprise practitioners. In 1997 the Partnership Fund incorporated
as a separate 501(c)(3) support corporation of the Nebraska Community
Foundation. The Partnership Fund became a certified Community Development
Financial Institution in 1998. |
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The Partnership Fund has evolved as an effective
vehicle for engaging small and micro business programs, The Legislature,
state government agencies, quasi-public state agencies, federal government
programs and commercial lenders into a more coordinated delivery of
entrepreneurial services. |
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FUND |
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The Partnership Fund raises funds from various
national- and state-level sources and then awards grants, loans, and
related products to microenterprise programs through an annual “request
for proposal” process. |
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