In the News

James H. Bason, TruFund’s President & CEO, spoke with Scripps National News about the Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund (SOAR) and how we’re helping underserved small businesses and their communities recuperate from the pandemic.

“An equitable recovery plan is going to be required, to achieve a concerted effort and investment in time and capital, to make sure these underserved businesses and communities get the capital they need to survive and become more resilient and move forward with their business plans.”

—Jason H. Bason,
President & CEO,
TruFund Financial Services, Inc.

TruFund featured in The New York Times article about helping Black- and minority-owned businesses obtain critical COVID-19 relief funding
April 4, 2021

Minority Entrepreneurs Struggled to Get Small-Business Relief Loans

“Many of TruFund’s customers walked in the door after being turned away by large banks, where “not being able to speak to anybody at the bank, sitting around waiting to hear, and then not hearing anything for weeks” — all of that created a lot of anxiety for our small-business borrowers.”

—James H. Bason, President & CEO, TruFund Financial Services, Inc.

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The New York Times discusses how TruFund’s Impact Developers Fund is addressing racial inequality
March 17, 2021

To Help Black Developers, Programs Start With Access to Capital

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James H. Bason, TruFund’s President & CEO, speaks to The New York Times about round three of the Paycheck Protection Program and helping small businesses navigate changes to the process
February 22, 2021

Fraud Checks and Errors Slow Small-Business Relief Loans

“In the first round, we could call the S.B.A. and get a warm body to talk about a resolution of a matter. That’s been much harder this time.”

—James H. Bason, President & CEO, TruFund Financial Services, Inc.

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