Partners

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WMEF partners with a wide variety of organizations for lending and program partnerships including area CDCs, Chambers, economic development groups, banks, and community agencies.  Below is a list of our partner agencies.

Business Partners

Program

• Coastal Enterprises
• The Davis Foundation
• DevelopSpringfield
• The France Fund, Inc.
• Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
• Nuestras Raíces
• Solidago Foundation

Financing

• Bank of America
• Bank of Western Massachusetts/Peoples United
• Citizens Bank
• Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation
• Economic Stabilization Trust
• Florence Savings Bank
• Greenfield Savings Bank
• Greenfield Cooperative Bank
• Holyoke Economic Development and Industrial Corporation (HEDIC)
• Monson Savings Bank
• NewAlliance Bank
• PeoplesBank
• Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
• Sovereign Bank
• TD Bank
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Small Business Administration
• United Bank
• Westfield Bank

Economic Development

• Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO)
• Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
• Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts (EDC)
• Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)
• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
• PV Grows

Business Training Organizations

• Holyoke Community College
• Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
• SCORE
• Springfield Technical Community College
• Western New England College

Funders

Public

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Department of Workforce Development
• Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation
• MassDevelopment
• U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Development, Economic Development Institute
• U.S. Department of the Treasury – Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
• U.S. Small Business Administration – Microloan Program
• U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development- Economic Development Institute

Private

• Adams Cooperative Bank
• Bank of America
• People's United Community Foundation
• Citizens Bank Foundation
• The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
• Florence Savings Bank
• The France Fund, Inc.
• Greenfield Savings Bank
• Greenfield Cooperative Bank
• HAP, Inc.
• The Life Initiative
• Monson Savings Bank
• NewAlliance Foundation
• PeoplesBank
• Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
• The Property and Casualty Initiative
• The Sovereign Bank Foundation
• TD Charitable Foundation
• United Bank Foundation
• Westfield Bank – The Future Fund

Chambers of Commerce

• Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield
• North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce
• Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce
• New England Black Chamber of Commerce
• Berkshire Enterprises

Community Development Corprorations

• MACDC-Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
• Franklin County CDC
• Greater Gardner CDC
• Hilltown CDC
• Quaboag Valley CDC
• Solutions CDC
• Twin Cities CDC
• Valley CDC
• Westfield CDC
• PERC (Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation)