Our rural communities are a melting pot of smart, creative, and wonderful people from all races, ethnicities, and cultures. This creates a unique need that is not a one size fits all approach. We value trust and an understanding of the rural, simple, way of life. Our rural communities oftentimes are underrepresented, face problems with resources, infrastructure, and economic growth which leads to challenges in entrepreneurship for start-ups. There are many obstacles with lack of communication, education, opportunities, housing, and affordable access to capital. At FSWCF, we know the challenges and see you as more than just a credit score by working to remove barriers to get you access to the funding you need.
Education leads to growth!
We believe that by providing our rural communities with business education, technical assistance, grant seed funding, and low interest access to capital, we help ensure small businesses will thrive.
We encourage you to get to know our two flagship programs: Rural Women-Led Business Fund (RWLF) and Fortaleza (Strength) Fund.
Our RWLF provides educational workshops for women entrepreneurs with access of up to $2,400 in grants upon completion.
