Louisiana

Local CDFIs Launch Collaboration with Entrepreneurs of Color Fund in New Orleans, Louisiana

June 30, 2022, NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, local community development financial institutions (CDFIs) NewCorp, Inc.  and TruFund Financial Services, Inc. announce a new collaboration with the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund (EOCF) aimed at expanding access to capital and other resources to minority owned b...

TruFund Partners with Build Baton Rouge For AdvancingCities Challenge

$5 million award will drive inclusive growth and greater economic opportunity in the city Baton Rouge, Louisiana—TruFund Financial Services, Inc. is partnering with Build Baton Rouge on a $5 million charitable initiative to revitalize North Baton Rouge. Build Baton Rouge, the redevelopment authority...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. Announces Loan Forgiveness Increase And Deadline Extention For Restore Louisiana Small Business Program

Baton Rouge, LA – November 3, 2017 – TruFund Financial Services, Inc. joins Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Office of Community Development (OCD) in the announcement of two important updates to the Restore Louisiana Small Business Program, which offers interest-free, partially forgivable loans to b...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. Launches the Women in Business: An EmpowHERment Program in Louisiana with Invitational Brunch on August 19  

August 18, 2017 - NEW ORLEANS - TruFund Financial Services, Inc. has partnered with Regions Bank to host an invitational brunch on Saturday, August 19, 2017, to kick off the Women in Business: An EmpowHERment Program. The national program is specifically tailored to female entrepreneurs in each of T...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. Announces Expansion of the Restore Louisiana Small Business Program to Provide Recovery Assistance to Louisiana Small Businesses in 21 Parishes Impacted by 2016 Floods

Baton Rouge, LA - August 01, 2017 - TruFund Financial Services, Inc. has announced it will expand its work with the Restore Louisiana Small Business Program to provide financial assistance to small business owners in four additional parishes. Small businesses in East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, A...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. Set To Participate In Path To Power Conference During 2017 Essence Festival

June 28, 2017 - NEW YORK - TruFund Financial Services, Inc. is partnering with the US Black Chambers, Inc. and the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce to participate in a special panel taking place during the 2017 Essence Festival in New Orleans. The USBC Community Development Corporation...

TruFund Financial Services, Inc. To Provide Flood Recovery Financial Assistance Through Restore Louisiana Small Business Loan Program 

New York, NY – May 31, 2017 - In response to the historic flooding that devastated much of Louisiana in March and August 2016 with an estimated $2 billion in damages to over 20,000 businesses, TruFund Financial Services has partnered with the Restore Louisiana Small Business Program to provide finan...

TruFund – LA Launches Baton Rouge Small Business Recovery Initiative In Partnership With Capital One Bank

Baton Rouge, LA – October 5, 2016 –TruFund Financial Services, Inc. a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), today announced a partnership with Capital One Bank to provide low interest loans to small businesses affected by the 2016 Louisiana flood that so far has caused an estimated $2 ...

TruFund Financial Services Provides Immediate Assistance To Louisiana Businesses Following Historic Floods

Baton Rouge, LA - August 24, 2016 In response to the historic flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, TruFund Financial Services announced today  that it will deploy  resources to undertake several support efforts to assist small businesses across the impacted parishes.  TruFund personnel will begin con...

TRUFUND LAUNCHES CONTRACTOR SUPPORT CENTER PILOT PROGRAM

New York, NY – January 21, 2016 - Last week, TruFund Financial Services expanded its reach in services to minority and women-owned contractors by opening a new contractor support center in Louisiana in partnership with the Louisiana Economic Development (LED), East Baton Rouge Parish Fair Share Prog...