About VSBDC

Valley Small Business Development Corporation (Valley) was started in 1981 as a nonprofit Financial and Business Development corporation under contract with the State of California and other government agencies to administer small business loan programs. Valley is headquartered in Fresno and services an eleven-county (Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Kern, Kings, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne, Inyo and Mono) investment area in California's Central San Joaquin Valley. Valley offers a range of loan products and technical assistance services to the small business community - direct loans range from $5,000 to $250,000, loan guarantees from $10,000 to $500,000, and SBA 504 fixed asset loans from $50,000 to $1.3 million.

Additionally, Valley was certified by the U.S. Treasury Department as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 2000. Through a collaborative effort with municipalities, local governmental agencies, ethnic chambers of commerce, business associations, and nonprofit community development groups, Valley has designed and implemented a variety of loan programs to meet the specialized financial needs of existing and emerging new small businesses in our service area.

To support our numerous loan programs, Valley provides a range of technical assistance services to the small business community and immigrant family farmers. These services include loan packaging, business consultation, operational review, and exploring financing options. Valley receives grants and financial resources from the Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Department of the Treasury - CDFI Fund, and other corporate funders to deliver this technical assistance to the small business community.

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