Communities Unlimited, Inc.
We offer small businesses customized one-on-one capacity building management and business skills consulting to help them identify growth issues and implement solutions.
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Mission
Our mission is to move rural and under-resourced communities in areas of persistent poverty to sustainable prosperity.
Storytelling
We provided a micro loan to a salon owner that had years of experience as a cosmetologist. Over the years she developed a hair care product for her natural hair clients. Until she met Communities Unlimited, she was unable to obtain capital to launch her hair product line. Communities Unlimited provided her with the capital to launch her hair care product line and provided her with business and management consulting services over the three-year term of her loan. Today, her products are in several local salons and retailers.
Our Impact (2022)
400 individuals served
50 training programs or workshops offered
15 funding partners
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Removal of Barriers
Providing support to entrepreneurs to empower them and become more educated business owners (i.e. general business support, training in accessing procurement).
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365 Total number of individual (1:1) technical assistance sessions conducted
Type of Organization
- Community Economic Development Organization
- Small Business Technical Assistance Provider
Locations Served
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Louisiana
- Alabama
Key Programs and Initiatives
- Healthy Businesses
Types of Offerings
- Financing
- Capital
- Entrepreneurial Training
- Workshops
- 1 to 1 business advising
- Mentoring/coaching
- Business incubation
- Cohort Training Programs
Program Delivery
- Hybrid (in person/virtual)
Members of the Black Community Served
- Immigrants
- Women
- Veterans
- 65+/Senior Citizens
Locations of Members of the Black Community Served
- Low-income areas
- Low to moderate income areas
- Rural areas
- Suburban areas
- Urban areas
Targeted Entrepreneur Segments
- Business Services
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale & Retail Trade
- Transportation & Logistics
- Accommodation & Food Services
- Health Care & Social Services
Business Stage
- Start Up : a young business that is just beginning to develop and determine a market fit.
- Stay Up : a business that has determined its market fit, but its product/service has not been validated nor has it achieved sustainability.
- Scale Up : a business that already validated its product in a market and has proven sustainable.
Cost of Programs
- Free
- $1–$50
- $51-$100
- Our program costs range between $0 to $65