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Public Financing Programs

All known public business financing programs including loan, loan guarantee and grant programs are listed below. If you do NOT yet have a business plan it is strongly recommended you write one before contacting a bank or program listed below for a loan. There are no 'grants' for the general startup and operating costs of a for-profit business.

Do you have a business plan yet? If not, go here for plan development, counseling and training resources

Venture Capital Networking

1. Invest Nebraska Corporation
2. Midlands Venture Forum

Business Loan & Loan Guarantee Programs

1. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - administered by Department of Economic Development
    ----CDBG/Economic Development Loan Program Preliminary Review Application Application Guidebook - 2008
    ----CDBG-Economic Development loans made by NDED: 1999-2007
    ----CDBG-Economic Development 'Re-Use' Loan Funds by community as of December 31, 2007

2. SBA - Small Business Administration Loan Programs
    ----SBA-'Preferred/Certified/Express' Nebraska Lenders
    ----NBDC: SBA Loan application counseling
    ----SBA-Nebraska (Omaha office)
    ----SBA-Nebraska Business Training & Events Calendar
    ----SBA business loans made nationwide & Nebraskasince 2000
    ----NEDCO: SBA 504 Loans - fixed rate loans for fixed asset projects
    ----SBA: Disaster Loans / Current Nebraska Declarations / FEMA Disaster Relief / Other Disaster Asst. Info

Microenterprise (5 or fewer employees) direct loans (up to $35,000):
3. REAP: Rural Enterprise Assistance Project: Microenterprise Direct Loans & Online Lending System
4. Nebraska Enterprise Fund: Microenterprise Programs -- Annual Reports: 2008 -- 2007 -- 2006 -- 2005 -- 2004
5. CDR: Community Development Resources, Inc.: Business Loans in Lancaster County
6. Northeast Nebraska Development District: Business Loans in northeast Nebraska
7. Southeast Nebraska Development District: 402-475-2560 (voice) or 402-475-2794 (fax)

8. USDA: Programs below are limited to counties with less than 50,000 population:
   ----Rural Business Programs
   ----Nebraska Staff - USDA County Offices
   ----Farm Service - Farm Loan Programs

Other Business Financing Programs:
9. New Market Tax Credits & Loan Program - for businesses in targeted rural and urban areas across Nebraska
10. NIFA: Nebraska Investment Finance Authority - Industrial Development Bonds issued since 1986 - IDB FAQs
11. TIF: Tax Increment Financing in Nebraska & TIF Primer: Nat. Asso. of Realtors
TIF: Annual Report to Legislature - Nebraska communities using TIF
12. LB 840: Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act -- LB840 Guide
13. Nebraska Energy Office: Loans for Energy Savings / Pollution Prevention

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Nebraska Department of Economic Development
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94666
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666
(800) 426-6505 | Fax (402) 471-3778
Richard Baier, Director