Nevada Commission on Economic Development

Community Business Resource Center
(800) 337-4590
116 E. 7th Street, Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 841-1420
Fax: (775) 841-2221

The Community Business Resource Center (CBRC) assists individuals, for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations and local governments in developing and diversifying the range of economic opportunities available within their communities. CBRC enables other nonprofit organizations to collaborate and co-locate in one place and operate their business assistance programs. This allows for easier access by those needing business assistance while at the same time creating efficiencies. Programs currently affiliated with CBRC include the Nevada Revolving Loan Fund, USDA –Intermediary Re-lending (RNDC), and the Nevada Micro Enterprise Initiative.

Nevada Department of Business & Industry
Office of Business Finance & Planning
788 Fairview Lane
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 688-1790
Fax: (775) 688-1791

The IDRB is a special type of loan to qualified manufacturers who are buying land, building new facilities (or refurbishing existing buildings) and purchasing new equipment. While the bonds are issued through a political body they are funded from private sources of capital. Private investors buy the bonds to earn tax-exempt interest. Neither the loan nor the bond is backed by the moral or general obligation of the state.

Micro Enterprise Loan Fund
116 E. 7th Street, Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 841-1420
Fax: (775) 841-2221

1600 E. Desert Inn, Suite 209
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: (702) 734-3555
Fax: (702) 734-3530

The Micro Enterprise Loan Fund is administered by Nevada Micro Enterprise Initiative (formerly Nevada Self Employment Trust) in collaboration with the Community Business Resource Center (CBRC). NMI's mission is to enhance the economic self-sufficiency of women and men by developing their entrepreneurial skills through training and technical assistance (see business assistance) and access to credit. Start-up businesses are eligible for loan amounts of $100 to $7,500, while existing businesses are eligible for up to $25,000

Nevada Revolving Loan Fund
Community Business Resource Center
(800) 337-4590
116 E. 7th Street, Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 841-1420
Fax: (775) 841-2221

Nevada Commission on Economic Development
(800) 336-1600
108 E. Proctor Street
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 687-4325
Fax: (775) 687-4450

The Nevada Revolving Loan Fund (NRLF) was created to assist "for profit" businesses in need of "gap" financing to complete their business projects. The primary objective of NRLF is job creation for persons from low to moderate-income households in rural Nevada. NRLF is an Economic Development "set aside" from the State of Nevada's Community Development Block Grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NRLF businesses must agree to provide jobs to persons from low-income households and must document the hiring or retention of such persons. A majority of the new jobs created must go to or be made available, on a first consideration for hiring basis, to low income persons. An applicant's low-income status is determined by U.S. Labor statistics for Nevada and provided to the borrower and local government by CED.

Community Business Resource Center
(800) 337-4590
116 E. 7th Street, Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 841-1420
Fax: (775) 841-2221

The Rural Nevada Development Corporation (RNDC) is a business finance and community development agency established to provide business loans, business assistance and housing rehabilitation services. RNDC is certified as a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI). RNDC will lend to rural small businesses in need of expansion or start up financing. Funds are targeted for financing the expansion of existing, non-retail rural businesses, however, start up businesses may also be considered. RNDC also administers a USDA-Intermediary Relending Program.

300 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: (702) 388-6611
Fax: (702) 388-6469

University of Nevada – Reno
SBA/NEVADA SBDC/032
Ansari Business Building, Rm. 411
Reno, NV 89557
Phone: (775) 784-1717
Fax: (775) 784-4337

The 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program is one of SBA's primary programs. Small businesses secure financing on reasonable terms through normal lending channels. The program operates through private-sector lenders that provide loans that are, in turn, guaranteed by the SBA -- the Agency has no funds for direct lending or grants. The Microloan Program works through intermediaries to provide small loans from as little as $100 up to $25,000. The Certified Development Company (504 Loan) Program makes long term loans available for purchasing land, buildings, and machinery and equipment, and for building, modernizing or renovating existing facilities and sites.

Clark County Community Resources Division
500 S. Grand Central Pkwy, 5th Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89155
Phone: (702) 455-5025
Fax: (702) 455-5038

On December 21, 1994, President Clinton designated nine census tracts in the urban core of the Las Vegas valley as an "Enterprise Community." In conjunction with this announcement, Enterprise Community moneys were allocated for a Loan Guarantee Program to be used as a guarantee fund for loans to small businesses in the Enterprise Community area. Loans are available for a variety of purposes with loan sizes of $5,000 to $100,000. As part of the eligibility requirements businesses must be located within the designated Enterprise Community census tracts.