Stimulating the creation, prosperity and economic welfare of diverse small businesses
Recently Funded Businesses
Character based non-profit lending
Kiva loan program
Prairie Rose Development facilitates Kiva loans statewide in Colorado.
Kiva is an international microfinance platform that allows small businesses in the United State to access 0% / no-fee crowd-funded loans in the range of $1,000 to $15,000.
The Kiva program allows otherwise financially excluded individuals, primarily women and minorities, to access affordable capital to assist start or grow a small business.
No credit checks are performed and no collateral is required for Kiva loans.
There are more than two million individuals, teams and corporations active on the Kiva platform who may potentially be interested in making a loan as little as $25 to an impactful local small business
MSU Denver Loan Program
Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) has teamed up with Alpine Bank to provide character-based loans between $5,000 and $50,000 to new or existing small businesses at least 50% owned by a MSU Denver affiliated individual.
An MSU Denver affiliated individual is defined as:
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Students enrolled at MSU Denver with a good academic standing. (Must have earned at least 90 credit hours with at least 30 credit hours earned at MSU Denver);
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Individuals who received Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master’s degree, or an Entrepreneurship Certificate from MSU Denver or who completed MSU Denver’s Launch Denver program; or
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Faculty or Staff employed by MSU Denver for a minimum of one year.​
PRD is a Colorado-based 501(C)3 nonprofit. Our mission is to stimulate the creation, prosperity, and economic welfare of diverse small businesses creating sustainable, living-wage jobs within their communities through access to capital and mentorship.
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