The What’s Your Forté Foundation and Greenwood Archer Capital, have collaborated to create the Your Forté, Our Finance program. The program operated and exclusively funded through Greenwood Archer Bank assists in generational wealth for the community.
Leveling the playing field by creating opportunities today – for tomorrows’ African American entrepreneurs.
Leveling the playing field by creating opportunities today for tomorrow’s African American entrepreneurs.
Your Forté
Our Finance
The program’s mission extends beyond providing micro-financing benefits to primarily African American-owned small businesses, the program empowers entrepreneurs to support economic development within their community, in turn leading the way for a stronger infrastructure.
Investing in marginalized and underinvested communities provides long term effects that span beyond the support of our program. Compounded over time, these investments can lead to access to better schools, healthier food, and higher standards of living.
““The money has allowed the business to be competitive with other established gyms, in terms of equipment, personalization, and overall deliverables for the client. For every hour you exercise you get back a day of life. There is institutional legacy here and for the entire 79th street corridor.”
Dionis HarveyThe Chicago Body Shop
By The Numbers
3,000,000
In loans deployed in 6 years
100
Of loans to African Americans
37
Of loans to start-up businesses
158,400
Average loan size
70
Of borrowers are low-moderate income
700
Over 700 jobs created/retained
We believe that our communities deserve these opportunities, and through this program, we
will work until equality is realized in these, and all other areas.
