ACE Joins List of CDFIs to Originate Loans for the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund
The Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund aims to support the recovery of small businesses and nonprofits with access to flexible, affordable capital and free business support services across 15 southern states. Catalytic initial grants and loans are being...
MacKenzie Scott Makes Record $5 Million Gift to Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE)
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives $5 million to support ACE’s mission of helping minority, women, and low-to-moderate income small businesses and communities thrive. Atlanta, GA, December 15, 2020 — Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) announces today it has...
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. Elects Candy Moore to Board
ATLANTA (October 21, 2020) – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. (ACE) is pleased to announce that Candy Moore has joined its board of directors. Moore is a Senior Vice President and Southeast Community Development Manager for Wells Fargo in Atlanta....
ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS RECEIVES INVESTMENT FROM FIFTH THIRD BANK TO BUILD ON CDFI PARTNERSHIP
Additional funds expand our ability to meet financing needs of minority- and women-owned businesses Atlanta, GA, September 30, 2020 — Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) announced it recently received a $1 million loan from Fifth Third Bank. The community...
Truist Donates $40 Million to Launch Innovative Nonprofit Fund Supporting Ethnically, Racially Diverse and Women-Owned Small Businesses
Commitment to the CDFI sector designed to significantly increase investment in communities and entrepreneurs that have experienced decades of underinvestment CHARLOTTE, N.C., (Sept. 23, 2020) – Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced a $40 million...
ACE Women’s Business Center | SBA’s Frontline Warriors ‘on point’ Ready to Serve
Alejandra Diaz and Sandra Font of the ACE Women's Business Center by: Patrice Dozier (DOTR), Economic Development Specialist, SBA Georgia District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration ACE Women's Business Center (WBC) Director Sandra Font and...
ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS RECEIVES $4 MILLION GROW WITH GOOGLE SMALL BUSINESS FUND LOAN TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES RECOVER FROM COVID-19
Mark and Teresa Bishop, owners of Just Right Auto Service in Roswell, Georgia, have been loan clients with ACE since 2016. They were recently able to get their Paycheck Protection Loan through ACE as well. Opportunity Finance Network has awarded the loan to support...
COVID-19 Message From Grace Fricks, President and CEO
Dear Business Owners, All of us at ACE have been monitoring the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, and we wanted to share the steps we’re taking to keep our staff, borrowers, partners and communities safe. We recognize the severe dislocation occurring in the small...
Client Spotlight: Royal Graphics
Clients of Royal Graphics enjoy the personal touch. “If you call here during business hours, you talk with me on the phone without going through a bunch of rigamarole,” says Romeshia Burton, who owns the Hartwell-based business. “You come in and sit down and see your...
Meet our Newest Loan Officer Serving Northwest Georgia
Please welcome Zabdiel “Zab” Mendez, who joined ACE last month as our commercial loan officer for Northwest Georgia, based in Dalton. He brings more than 20 years of banking experience to the job, including loan and branch management with Synovus, Regions Bank,...