Tati Studio | Broadview Heights
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This GivingTuesday...
Your support makes entrepreneurship possible for people across Ohio. When you give to ECDI, you help small business owners access the capital, coaching, and community they need to grow.
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Every contribution fuels real people with real dreams and strengthens the neighborhoods they call home.
Join us in empowering the next generation of small business success.
Café Graciela | Columbus, Ohio
ECDI's Impact in Ohio
(Since 2004)
$201M
in Funding Distributed
over 8,400
Loans Distributed
over 45,000
over 35,000
Jobs Created or Retained
Individuals Assisted
OUR MISSION
Investing in people to create measurable and enduring social and economic change.
Help us continue to support deserving small businesses.
Lorieal Kimball
LadyFish Aquatics
Catherine and Ella at the Women’s Business Center took great care of us so we could just jump right into the business. They were a true blessing.
Ali Hull
Align Massage Therapy
The Women’s Business Center helped me make the leap from corporate life to entrepreneurship.
Selena Barabino
Amaryllis Beaute Haven
They didn't just give me a loan. They checked in on me. They made sure I was okay. They supported me.
