Resources

Our approach to financing small business works.

An Ongoing Commitment to Small Businesses

Community Futures has been providing rural entrepreneurs with the counselling, services and supports they need to establish and grow their businesses for over 30 years. This means we may be able to provide loans to businesses that do not qualify elsewhere.

Community Futures is a developmental lender, and we have a different approach than financial institutions.

Below we have 8 different templates and resources to assist you in your business plan and budgeting. Each downloaded for your use. Please contact one of our Business Analysts with any questions or to review your plan.

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CREATE A VIABLE BUSINESS PLAN

Some Resources

How to Write a Business Plan

Grab our workbook for everything you need to know about a Business Plan!

Loan Calculator

Find out what you can afford to borrow.

What Community Futures Looks for in a Business Plan

When your local Community Futures staff and volunteer board assess the merits of your loan application, they take into account our own version of the classic banking industry guideline “The Five C’s of Lending.”

Cash Flow Template - Sales Forecast

Cash Flow Template - Cash Sales and Accounts Receivable

Cash Flow Template - Cash Flow Projection

Cash Flow Template - Funding Requirements and Funding Sources

Cash Flow Template - Balance Sheet

Community Futures Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program (EDP)

The EDP is a business loans program that reduces obstacles people with disabilities or ongoing health issues may face when looking for financing.

At Community Futures we believe that managing ongoing health or disability issues should not be a barrier to business success.