Resource Guide
Looking for help growing a food business or working in the food industry? Use this guide to connect with the right resources.
Step 1: Select your goal.
Step 2: Click on the category that matches your needs.
Step 3: Read through the results and choose a local organization to help you.
Step 4: Call, email, or visit the organization for assistance.
Resource Tag: low-income
Financial Empowerment Network
The mission of the Financial Empowerment Network l Seattle-King County (Network) is to create a cohesive and comprehensive system of high-quality, accessible financial empowerment services and network throughout King County– connecting low-income and working people with the services they need, when they need them, to achieve their financial goals.
Express Credit Union
Our mission is to provide affordable financial services to low- and moderate-income people; and in doing so, help them build assets and achieve financial stability.
Express Advantage
Express Advantage (EA) is a non-profit, social justice organization committed to developing and implementing strategies to reduce the “high cost of being poor” and increasing wealth building opportunities for underrepresented and underserved populations.
El Centro de la Raza – The Business Opportunity Center
Through our comprehensive programs and services, we empower members of the Latino community as fully participating members of society. We also work to raise awareness with the general public, and government, business and civic leaders about the needs of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States.
Craft3
Craft3 is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) lender with a mission to strengthen economic, ecological and family resilience in Pacific Northwest communities.
Community Sourced Capital
We use new financial tools to help local businesses access capital. We provide loans to small businesses using funds sourced from people in their community.
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo provides free and low-cost legal representation, community education, and advocacy for low-income individuals in the state of Washington.
Casa Latina
As a vibrant, immigrant worker rights organization, Casa Latina empowers low-wage Latino immigrants to move from economic insecurity to economic prosperity and to lift their voices to take action around public policy issues that affect them.
Business Impact NW
Business Impact NW empowers a talented and diverse community of entrepreneurs; supporting the continuing growth of local small businesses through micro-enterprise.
Asian Counseling and Referral Services
ACRS is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization working for social justice and offering a broad array of behavioral health programs, human services and civic engagement activities for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and other communities in King County and beyond.