About the Navigator Program:

The CNPP is a government grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide technical and economic assistance to existing and developing businesses. These services will provide resources that will help a business grow and be sustainable. The target group is women, veterans, and minority business owners as well as future entrepreneurs. Kingdom Community Builders is a non-profit in Orange Mound that is partnering with BLDG Memphis to facilitate the grant to the community. The first goal is to establish a free business directory for Orange Mound. Most of our resources are free and other financial incentives are being developed.

This two-year U.S. Small Business Administration grant was developed in response to small business needs which traditional offerings struggled to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overall Scope of Navigator Program Services:

Entrepreneurship Education

• Taxes, Financial Literacy, and Accounting
• Marketing and Social Media
• Business Incubator
• Credit and Money Management
• Scale Up Business
• Lunch N Learn

Access to Capital

• Grants
• Business Loans
• Micro Business Lending
• Transitioning from Home based to brick and mortar
• Developing a Business Plan
• SBA Technical Assistance

“Some 20.7% of the more than 7.9 million small establishments in the U.S. are in counties without any type of U.S. Small Business Administration service center.”

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and BLDG Memphis.