FOUR BANDS

Four Bands Community Fund is a nonprofit organization that was started in 2000 as part of a community and economic development movement on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. As a community loan fund (technically known as a community development financial institution, or CDFI) our original objective was to capitalize Native American-owned businesses on the Reservation... When we began our work, less than 1% of all businesses on the Reservation were owned by Native Americans. However, 75% of the Reservation's population is comprised of Native Americans. Since then, we have helped hundreds of Native American entrepreneurs start or expand a business. We began by making $500 loans, and today we have dispersed over $10 million in loans.

Also known as: Four Bands Community Fund

Primary location: Eagle Butte United States