Funders & Partners
New Mexico Community Capital (NMCC) is a private not-for-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Native American CDFI; and a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization, serving as an umbrella for the Native Entrepreneur in Residence Program.
NMCC’s Native Entrepreneur in Residence Program is made possible by support from:
- Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
- Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI)
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Small Business Association (SBA)
- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
- Forest County Potawatomi Foundation
- Isora Foundation
- Amerind Risk
- Tamalpais Trust
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
If you are interested in supporting the work of the NEIR program either programmatically or in sustainable operations, please contact Liz Gamboa, liz@nmccap.org.
Our Goals
Recognizing the need to develop and grow Native American entrepreneurial businesses, NEIR received long term grants and funding from ANA-SEEDS/ CDFI-NACA, and the SBA, to launch its program, with these goals:
- Reduce “economic leakage” in Tribal communities
- Retain and grow circulation of money earned via development of local entrepreneurship
- Create Tribal economic diversification, growth, and sustainability
- Strengthen skill sets
- Move from a state of “possibility” to a state of “probability” in Tribal economic growth
- Grow the reality and awareness of high performing Native American entrepreneurs throughout the U.S.
Additional on-going support to sustain and expand the NEIR program is always welcome.
