Small Business Resiliency Network
Culturally relevant assistance for business owners and organizations
Commerce strongly supports an equitable economy for all Washingtonians. We are investing in and partnering with organizations that can provide assistance.
Partners of the Small Business Resiliency Network (SBRN) provide culturally and linguistically relevant assistance and other business support services at no cost to entrepreneurs, small businesses and nonprofits – with an emphasis on those owned by historically marginalized and underserved persons – throughout Washington.
Technical assistance from trusted community messengers can help you with:
- Finding and applying for resources
- Technical assistance
- Accessing translation assistance
- Navigating local, state and federal resources
Additional Support
The Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a network of expert business advisors working in communities across the state to help small business owners start, grow and rebuild their businesses through no-cost, confidential, one-on-one consulting and advising.
More Information:
Email: washington@wsbdc.org
Phone: (833) 492-7232
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| Communities Served | Service Area | For Assistance Contact |
| African American or Black | Spokane County | Carl Maxey Center |
| 509-795-1886 | ||
| amos@carlmaxeycenter.org | ||
| African American or Black and community at large | King County | Tabor 100 |
| 206-368-4042 | ||
| aleyda@tabor100.org | ||
| African American or Black and People of Color | Federal Way, Kent | Federal Way Black Collective |
| 206-379-1717 | ||
| andrew.powers@fwblackcollective.com | ||
| African American or Black, Chinese, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, Vietnamese | Spokane County | Multi-Ethnic Business Association (AHANA-MEBA) |
| (Services also available in Arabic, Bantu, French, Hausa, Igbo, Iranian, Kikuyu, Luo, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Twi, Yoruba) | 509-999-5365 | |
| ahana.ed@ahana-meba.org | ||
| African Immigrant and Refugee | King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane & Yakima Counties | African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest (ACCPNW) |
| (Services also available in Amharic, Kiswahili, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya) | 253-314-1199 | |
| jrorie123@yahoo.com | ||
| African, African American or Black, Multi-racial | King, Snohomish Counties & some Eastern WA | Ethiopian Community in Seattle |
| 206-325-0304 x103 | ||
| tsegad@ecseattle.org | ||
| African-descent immigrants and refugees | King County | African Community Housing Development (ACHD) |
| 206-257-1166 | ||
| abokor@achdo.org | ||
| American Indian and Alaska Native | Statewide | Sister Sky, Inc. |
| 509-315-9808 | ||
| tracy@sisterskyinc.com | ||
| Asian Pacific | King & Pierce Counties and State-wide | Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) |
| (Services also available in Cambodian, Chammoro, Chinese, Fijian, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Laos, Marshallese, Samoa, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Thailand, Tongan, Vietnamese) | 253-383-3900 | |
| hong@asiapacificculturalcenter.org | ||
| Asian: Cambodian Americans, Khmer Americans | Clark, King, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish & Whatcom Counties | Cambodian American Community Council of WA |
| 206-886-6813 | ||
| sambath.eat@caccwa.org | ||
| Asian: Chinese | Chinatown International District of King County | Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority |
| (Services also available in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese) | 206-838-8713 | |
| jamiel@scidpda.org | ||
| Asian: Filipino, Cambodian | King, Pierce, & Yakima Counties | Filipino Community of Seattle |
| (Services also available in Khmer, Tagalog, Hmong) | 206-683-8700 | |
| rosete80@gmail.com | ||
| Asian: Indian | King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties | Indian-American Community Services |
| (Services also available in Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malyalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu) | 253-234-9989 | |
| executivedirector@iaww.org | ||
| Asian: Japan American and community at large | Statewide | Japan-America Society of the State of Washington |
| 206-374-0180 | ||
| dwatanabe@jassw.org | ||
| Asian: Korean | Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish & Spokane Counties and Statewide | Seattle-Washington State Korean Association |
| (Services also available in Korean) | 253-312-8115 | |
| Loriwada67@gmail.com | ||
| Asian: Vietnamese American | King County | Friends of Little Sài Gòn (FLS) |
| (Services also available in Vietnamese) | (Little Saigon, Rainier Valley, White Center) | 425-243-4027 |
| kenney.tran@flsseattle.org | ||
| Latino | Chelan & Douglas Counties | Community for the Advancement of Family Education (CAFE) |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español) | 509-667-1926 | |
| alma.chacon@wenatcheecafe.org | ||
| Latino | King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties | El Centro de La Raza |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español) | 360-986-7022 | |
| vcserrato@elcentrodelaraza.org | ||
| Latino | Clark County | Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español) | 360-450-9044 | |
| osalomon@hmccoregon.com | ||
| Latino | East & West Wenatchee, Pierce, Yakima Counties | Latino Community Fund of Washington |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español) | 509-949-2026 | |
| elujan@latinocommunityfund.org | ||
| Latino | Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant & Walla Walla Counties | Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español) | 509-542-0933 | |
| valadez_torres@yahoo.com | ||
| Latino | King & Snohomish Counties | Ventures |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español) | 206-352-1945 | |
| ahollander@venturesnonprofit.org | ||
| LGBTQ+, People of Color and Allies | King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, & Walla Walla Counties | GSBA |
| 206-363-9188 | ||
| torayam@thegsba.org | ||
| Micro Enterprise, Independent Businesses | Clallam, Island, Jefferson, North Kitsap & Skagit Counties | Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship |
| 360-230-8082 | ||
| marisa.herrera@cie-nw.org; alex.alvarez@cie-nw.org | ||
| Micro Enterprise, Independent Businesses | Central & Eastern Washington | Spokane Independent Metro Business Alliance (SIMBA) |
| (Servicios disponibles en Español, Services available in Russian, and American Sign Language) | 509-939-0015 | |
| mariah@spokaneindependent.org | ||
| Micro Enterprise, Independent Businesses, Start-up | Tacoma & Pierce County | William Factory Small Business Incubator |
| 253-566-1257 | ||
| tim@williamfactory.com | ||
| Muslim, Middle Eastern/Arab, South Asian, Immigrant/Refugee, People of Color | King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties | Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) |
| 425-202-6126 | ||
| gul.siddiqi@mapsredmond.org | ||
| Hispanic or Latino, Immigrant/Refugee – Indigenous Mexican, LGBTQIA+ | King County and parts of Snohomish County | Centro Cultural Mexicano |
| 425-896-7067 | ||
| francesca@centroculturalmexicano.org | ||
| Hispanic or Latino, Immigrant/Refugee, ITIN holders | Spokane County | Latinos en Spokane |
| 509-558-9359 | ||
| info@latinosenspokane.org | ||
| Black/African American, Hispanic or Latino, Immigrant/Refugee – East African community | King County (Seattle White Center, Rainier Valley, Central District, Tukwila, Federal Way) and Pierce County (Tacoma) | Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle |
| 206-561-8887 | ||
| smuhummed@urbanleague.org |