Lending with Impact
Why Refer a Business to CEF?
We help small businesses that fall outside traditional financing guidelines
We help fill the gap between conventional lenders and high-interest credit card/payday-type loans
CEF offers loan solutions from $10K to $1M and we are a certified SBA 7(a) & Microloan lender.
- CEF provides the business loan
- Financial institution keeps merchant account
- Financial institution keeps deposit accounts
- Can also serve as a a secondary lender to provide gap financing
Let's Join Forces and Be Allies!
We work hard to take care of your referrals. By financial institutions and CEF working together, we can help serve local business growth in Colorado.
We provide capital and business coaching to put entrepreneurs on a path to "bankability."
Who do we partner with?
Community-Based Organizations & CDFIs
Community organizations such as Chambers of Commerce, SBDCs, Economic Development Associations, other CDFIs, nonprofits, and more.
Corporations
Large corporations and foundations in diverse sectors with access to small business clients seeking affordable capital.
Financial Institutions
Banks and non-bank depository entities seeking gap financing partners, alternatives when their clients don't meet traditional guidelines, and CRA compliance.
Refer Someone Today
CEF works with a wide variety of referral partners that help support small businesses trying to access capital. As a CDFI, mission-based lender, we do not enter into formal contracts and do not pay broker referral fees.
