The Columbus Foundation Equitable Small Business Fund

The Columbus Foundation’s commitment to racial equity centers around creating a community where every resident has the opportunity to flourish, unencumbered by disadvantages inherited simply by the color of their skin or the ZIP code in which they were born. The Foundation’s Equitable Small Business Fund seeks to make PRIs that catalyze the flow of patient and flexible capital to support businesses owned by people of color and advance mission-aligned organizations and leaders building the small business community. At this stage, the Foundation will be making a select number of investments ranging from approximately $250,000 to $750,000, with an ideal average investment size of $500,000.