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NCIFund Partners with Truist and CornerSquare Community Capital to Support Underserved Small Businesses in Central Appalachia and the Southeast

Today, Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund), a Charles Town, WV based community development financial institution (CDFI) is announcing its partnership with Truist and CornerSquare Community Capital, a new national nonprofit fund that will support NCIFund and five other CDFIs through the purchase of 25% loan participations.

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NCIFund and Positec Group Award $50,000 in COVID-19 Emergency Grants to NC Small Businesses

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund), a mission-driven small business lender to locally-owned enterprises in the Southeast and central Appalachia, recently partnered with The Positec Group to award $50,000 in grants to help four North Carolina small businesses weather the COVID-19 crisis. 

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NCIFund Receives Loan To Support Downtown Redevelopment and Entrepreneurship in Charleston, WV

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V. — The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) recently received a $300,000 loan from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation in Charleston, WV. The loan will be used to expand NCIFund’s small business loan program which provides financing for equipment, working capital and real estate acquisition to start-up and early-stage small businesses in underserved communities in the

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NCIFund Opens Low Interest Hurricane Recovery Loans to Carolina Farmers

Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund), Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA), and Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA) committed to recovery of local farmers and sustainable, healthy food systems CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) has launched the RESEED Recovery Fund, a $250,000 program that will provide low-interest, easily accessible loans to North Carolina and

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New Grant Supports West Virginia Downtown Redevelopment

Natural Capital Investment Fund and Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center to Support Diverse Economies and Job Creation SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V.— The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) was awarded $1.7 million in funding to cultivate healthy downtown commercial districts in West Virginia, working alongside for-profit developers, independent building owners, nonprofit development groups and commercial tenants.

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United Bank Funding Supports West Virginia Small Businesses

Natural Capital Investment Fund Receives Funding from United Bank to Support Small Businesses in 26 Underserved West Virginia Counties SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V.— The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund), a small business lender that supports locally-owned enterprises throughout central Appalachia and the Southeast, recently announced that it has received more than $500,000 in investment and grant support from

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Historic Camp E-Mun-Talee Land Purchased for Herbal Medicine School and Conference Center

Natural Capital Investment Fund Loan Enables Herbal Medicine School to Purchase 500-acre Property from Piedmont Land Conservancy LOWGAP, N.C.—Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) and the Piedmont Land Conservancy (PLC) announced today the purchase of the historic Camp E-Mun-Talee by Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine and Wellspring Mountain, Inc. The 500-acre property, located in western Surry

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United Bank is First in State to Support Lending in Underserved Communities Through Investment in NCIFund

This release was distributed by United Bank and published here with permission. To view the original posting, click here. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V.—United Bank, Inc., a subsidiary of United Bankshares, Inc., the largest bank holding company headquartered in West Virginia, recently announced the investment of $500,000 in the Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund). NCIFund, a small business lender that supports

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New Grant Funding Supports Small Business Development In West Virginia’s Coal-Impacted Communities

Natural Capital Investment Fund and Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority to Support Diverse Economies and Job Creation SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V. —The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund)—a green business lender and an affiliate of the national nonprofit Conservation Fund—and the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority (Hatfield-McCoy) announced their partnership focused on creating jobs and improving quality of life in coal-impacted communities in southern West

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