Small Business Program
The Economic Wellbeing Team’s Small Business Program at the IRC in Salt Lake City offers a variety of business counseling services to refugee, new American and other minority business owners including: one-on-one business counseling, workshops, market access opportunities that help you sell your products, loans up to $50,000, and help filing business taxes.
You can find more details below.
Services Provided
Small Business Start Up
Client entrepreneurs work with a Small Business Counselor to establish a business plan and explore the various aspects of starting a new business.
Market Access
Our clients work with a Small Business Counselor to learn about selling opportunities. We connect our client businesses to different events & shows to sell their products. We also offer digital marketing services for those who want to digitize their business or do online sales.
Business Loans
IRC SLC offers opportunities for loans and grants:
Business Loans offering small-dollar loans to refugees, new Americans and other credit-thin individuals in order to promote upward economic mobility.
Individual Development Accounts available to refugees and asylees who arrived in the recent 5 years. These are one-to-one (1:1) Matched Savings to help pay for small business costs.
Please contact us if you have additional questions or if you are interested in the services we provide.