Boston Local Development Corporation

The mission of the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) is to improve public understanding of insurance—what it does and how it works.

Intuit is the creator of QuickBooks, Quicken and Turbo Tax. The website has free uploads of their products, demos, a listing of local QuickBooks trainers, and much more.

Are you looking for a CPA in Massachusetts? Membership organization, MassCPAs, offer a wide range of assistance, including business financial, personal financial, auditing/accounting and tax advisory services.

The Real World Training is an Intuit-backed QuickBooks training service providing small business owners with education programs aimed at minimizing accounting errors utilizing Intuit's QuickBook software.

Amplify Latinx is a Massachusetts nonprofit organization of professionals, entrepreneurs, and advocates across sectors who seek to grow professionally and in their civic and political engagement in order to ultimately drive greater equity for the Latinx community.

ENET provides early stage technology-based entrepreneurs with information and resources necessary to transform an idea into a successful product or service business.

The Boston Fashion’s mission is to cultivate a strong Boston fashion community through collaboration, outreach, and entrepreneurship via networking, lively discussion, events, informative panels, workshops, fashion photo shoots, and more.

EforAll Roxbury serves under-represented individuals in the Roxbury area by providing an opportunity to start their own business through our unique combination of immersive business training, mentorship and an extensive support network.

ElevAsian serves established and early-stage, revenue-generating, English-speaking Asian companies that are seeking increased business knowledge, social capital to grow their businesses, and a supportive community.  These businesses are predominantly located in low-and moderate-income Asian communities statewide. 

Harvard Ed Portal provides the Allston-Brighton business community with programs designed to promote success in a dynamic 21st century economy.

At Innovation Studio, we believe innovation is for everyone, including you. Our mission is to make innovation, entrepreneurship, and business ownership attainable through an empowering and inclusive network of free community spaces and result-oriented programs. We strive to be the home where aspiring individuals are encouraged to grow their ideas into successful businesses.

Through expert coaching and practical workshops, we’re here to help small businesses with developing a business plan, accounting and bookkeeping, marketing, digital readiness, grant and loan assistance and business expansion.

LEAF provides financing and advisory services to cooperatives nationally, and to underserved businesses in Massachusetts.

TiE Boston runs several vibrant programs to educate, mentor, network and inspire entrepreneurs in the community.

The Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion offers a one-stop resource for all businesses in the City of Boston.

The Massachusetts Export Center offers a range of targeted, customized services to meet the complex needs of exporters throughout the state.

Ascendus believes in the bold vision of achieving financial ascension for all. Our mission is to empower low-to-moderate income business owners with access to capital and financial education.

Bay Colony Development Corporation is a Certified Development Company (CDC) whose purpose is to stimulate development through creation and preservation of jobs by providing healthy companies with fixed asset financing at affordable rates and reasonable terms.

BDC Capital provides financial assistance with loans, mezzanine and equity investments, guarantees and financial services to businesses of every type and description. CDC New England (formerly known as MassCertified), an affiliate of BDC Capital, offers the popular SBA 504 program to businesses for owner-occupied property.

DBEDCs loan program, promotes the expansion of small businesses, utilizing partnerships between community development corporations, banks and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

To promote U.S. job creation by assisting qualified foreign individuals who wish to invest in Massachusetts through the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, otherwise known as EB-5.

LEAF provides financing and advisory services to cooperatives nationally, and to underserved businesses in Massachusetts.

MHIC is a leading private investor and lender specializing in financing affordable housing and community development throughout New England.

MassDevelopment provides real estate development services, including concentrated financing and technical support, predevelopment funds, loans, and guarantee programs.

The SBA provides a multitude of financing programs for acquisition of equipment, real property, inventory expansion and/or renovations, and loan guarantee programs and technical assistance through SCORE. 7(a).

As a regional nonprofit economic development corporation, SEED Corporation focuses on job creation by financing small businesses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

A free statewide business assistance program providing entrepreneurs and business owners with free business advisory services, educational programs, and financing assistance.

The MRA is a not-for-profit trade association committed to the advancement of the food and beverage industry in our state.

The NEFE website is designed to help you start, maintain, or expand a food business.

The Western Mass Food Processing Center promotes economic development through entrepreneurship, provides opportunities for sustaining local agriculture, and promotes best practice for food producers.

Through the Whole Foods Local Producer Loan Program, Whole Foods market lends money to small, local, independent producers to help them expand their business.

The Procurement and Technical Assistance Center can guide you through the process of bidding on government contracts and provide you with information and referrals on how to become more competitive.

The CEERE provides technological and economic solutions to environmental problems resulting from energy production, industrial, manufacturing, and commercial activities, and land use practices.

The EEA believes it is critical to develop new innovative environmental technologies that will provide cost effective, technology-based solutions to environmental problems in the Commonwealth.

The MDEPSPC provides information and assistance on laws, rules, permits, reporting, compliance, financial assistance and training and professional development.

The SBLP mission, through their own six-step program, is to meet the unique needs and challenges of local businesses in their pursuit to become more environmentally sustainable.

Boston Bar Association’s mission is to advance the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession, to facilitate access to justice and to serve the community at large. The Boston Bar Association offers a law referral service.

The BCLAB is a legal service office and training site for Boston College Law students. Cases are handled by law students who are supervised by staff attorneys. Services are free for low income residents of Waltham, Watertown and Newton.

The Lawyers Clearinghouse provides pro bono legal services to non-profit organizations and groups seeking non-profit status.

The Legal Service Food Hub is a free legal services clearinghouse for farmers, food entrepreneurs and related organizations.

The MBA is a non-profit organization that serves the legal profession and the public by promoting the administration of justice, legal education, professional excellence, and respect for the law. The MBA also has a Lawyer Referral Service, which is the largest referral service of its kind in the nation.

The Transactional Law Clinic (TLC) is a clinical program of Harvard Law School. TLC provides free and low-cost legal assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

The Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce cultivates inclusive relationships between LGBT-owned businesses and the corporate sector to drive economic impact throughout the Commonwealth.

The MABI is the association gathering business incubators.

The MLSC is taxed with investing in life science research and economic development.

MassMEDIC advocates industry positions at the federal and state government levels, and conducts numerous informational seminars; conferences and issue briefings aimed at bringing the region’s medical device community the latest and best information policies and trends impacting the sector.

The MTC is an independent public agency dedicated to the formation, retention, and expansion of technology-related enterprises in Massachusetts.

The MTTC has a government mandate to help any investor in any non-profit research institution to commercialize his or her technology.

A venture capital firm focused on funding innovation.

Amplify Latinx is a Massachusetts nonprofit organization of professionals, entrepreneurs, and advocates across sectors who seek to grow professionally and in their civic and political engagement in order to ultimately drive greater equity for the Latinx community.

Serving immigrants from around the world, the AACA is a multi-services multi-generational association that provides, education, occupational training, and social services enabling clients to realize lasting economic self-sufficiency.

ACDC has been working with the Asian community of Greater Boston to address those needs and challenges. The organization continues to develop affordable housing, promote economic development, foster new leadership, and build capacity within the community through education, advocacy, and action.

CWE offers education, training, technical assistance, women’s business enterprise certification and access to both debt and equity capital too entrepreneurs at every stage of business development.

The Commonwealth Institute is a mentoring organization for women entrepreneurs who help women in the critical stages of their business and provide them with the tools and resources they need to grow successful companies.

The GNEMSDC is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating profitable business relationships between Massachusetts-based Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and large Institutional Purchasers.

ICIC promotes economic prosperity in America’s inner cities through private section engagement that leads to job, income and wealth creation for local residents.

At Innovation Studio, we believe innovation is for everyone, including you. Our mission is to make innovation, entrepreneurship, and business ownership attainable through an empowering and inclusive network of free community spaces and result-oriented programs. We strive to be the home where aspiring individuals are encouraged to grow their ideas into successful businesses.

INENAS’ mission is to develop collaborative relationships, projects, and programs between Native American tribes of the New England region and all of the UMass campuses so that the tribes may participate in and benefit from university research, innovation, scholarship, and education.

Ladies Who Launch is a media company that provides resources, tools and connection s for women and entrepreneurs. The meetings objective are to connect with others for advice, referrals and customers and to promote and exchange produces and services.

The SDO promotes the development of business enterprises and non-profit organizations owned or operated by minorities and women.

The Founding Moms is a real, live and local monthly meeting where mom entrepreneurs can exchange, connect and learn from one another

The Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion offers a one-stop resource for all businesses in the City of Boston.

The mission of the Urban League of Massachusetts is to deliver services and programs that aim to increase the economic self-reliance of African Americans and other people of color.

Viet-AID implements a sustainable state-wide small business program that promotes entrepreneurial growth in the Vietnamese community while strengthening existing businesses.

WOCE’s mission is to widen the circle of entrepreneurship by supporting women of color entrepreneurs who are building great businesses and want help to grow.

The Women’s Bureau promotes 21st Century solutions to improve the status of working women and their families. Better jobs; Better earnings and Better living!

GuideStar connects donors and grantmakers to non-profit organizations.