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WMEF partners with a wide variety of organizations for lending and program partnerships including area CDCs, Chambers, economic development groups, banks, and community agencies. Below is a list of our partner agencies.
Program
- The Davis Foundation
- DevelopSpringfield
- The France Fund, Inc.
- Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
- Nuestras Raíces
- Solidago Foundation
Financing
- Bank of America
- Bank of Western Massachusetts/Peoples United
- Citizens Bank
- Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation
- Economic Stabilization Trust
- Florence Savings Bank
- Greenfield Savings Bank
- Greenfield Cooperative Bank
- Holyoke Economic Development and Industrial Corporation (HEDIC)
- Monson Savings Bank
- NewAlliance Bank
- PeoplesBank
- Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
- Sovereign Bank
- TD Bank
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- United Bank
- Westfield Bank
Economic Development
- Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO)
- Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
- Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts (EDC)
- Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)
- Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
- PV Grows
Business Training Organizations
- Holyoke Community College
- Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- SCORE
- Springfield Technical Community College
- Western New England College
Public
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Department of Workforce Development
- Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation
- MassDevelopment
- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Development, Economic Development Institute
- U.S. Department of the Treasury – Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
- U.S. Small Business Administration – Microloan Program
Private
- Adams Cooperative Bank
- Bank of America
- Bank of Western Massachusetts
- Citizens Bank Foundation
- The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
- Florence Savings Bank
- The France Fund, Inc.
- Greenfield Savings Bank
- Greenfield Cooperative Bank
- HAP, Inc.
- The Life Initiative
- Monson Savings Bank
- NewAlliance Foundation
- PeoplesBank
- Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
- The Property and Casualty Initiative
- The Sovereign Bank Foundation
- TD Charitable Foundation
- United Bank Foundation
- Westfield Bank – The Future Fund
- Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield
- North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce
- Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce
- New England Black Chamber of Commerce
- Berkshire Enterprises
- MACDC-Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
- Franklin County CDC
- Greater Gardner CDC
- Hilltown CDC
- Quaboag Valley CDC
- Solutions CDC
- Twin Cities CDC
- Valley CDC
- Westfield CDC
- PERC (Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation)
