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Financial Supporters

For The Progress Fund to accomplish its mission, we rely on the financial support of state and federal agencies, private foundations, and commercial banks. Many of our loans were financed in part using funds from:

Federal

Appalachian Regional Commission
Small Business Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Treasury, CDFI Fund
United States Department of Treasury, Small Business Loan Funds

State & County

Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Pennsylvania Treasury
Pennsylvania Community Development Bank
Pennsylvania Small Business Credit Initiative (PSBCI)
PA Minority Business Development Authority
West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council
Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority

Foundation

Calvert Foundation
Monarch Community Fund
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation
Colcom Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
F.B. Heron Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
McCune Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Lloyd V. Guild Charitable Foundation

Commercial Banks

AmeriServ Financial
Citizens Bank of PA
First Commonwealth
PNC
Wachovia/Wells Fargo
WesBanco Bank, Inc.
TriState Capital Bank

Other Supporters

Allegheny Ridge Corporation
Dominion Peoples Gas
Episcopal Church
Highmark Health Pittsburgh
Opportunity Finance Network
Starbucks Coffee: Create Jobs for U.S.A

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Greensburg, PA 15601-2211

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