Technical assistance from trusted community messengers
Culturally relevant assistance for business owners and organizations affected by COVID-19
Is your small business or nonprofit looking for help? If “yes”, please use our map or table to find a Commerce Small Business Resiliency Network member organization for free assistance.
- Finding and applying for resources, whether you are open or closed
- Accessing translation assistance
- Navigating local, state and federal resources
- Planning for recovery and safe re-opening
Review the Small Business Resiliency Network Overview (PDF) for a more extensive listing of the services provided.
| Community Served Comunidad atendida | Service Area Área de servicio | For Assistance Contact Para Asistencia Contacte A |
|---|---|---|
| African American or Black | Spokane County | Carl Maxey Center 509-795-1886 Carlmaxeycenter@gmail.com |
| African American or Black and community at large | King County | Tabor 100 425-528-0110 staff@tabor100.org |
| African American or Black and People of Color | Federal Way, Kent | Federal Way Black Collective 206-379-1717 fwblackcollective@gmail.com |
| African American or Black and People of Color | Pierce County | Tacoma Urban League 253-383-2007 Maamideede@thetacomaurbanleague.org |
| African American or Black, People of Color, Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | Central Vancouver, Clark County | Fourth Plain Forward 360-947-7669 4thplainforward@gmail.com |
| African American or Black, Chinese, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, Vietnamese (Services also available in Arabic, Bantu, French, Hausa, Igbo, Iranian, Kikuyu, Luo, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Twi, Yoruba) | Spokane County | Multi-Ethnic Business Association (AHANA-MEBA) 509-999-5365 bencabildo@gmail.com |
| African American or Black, People of Color, LGBTQ+ | Clark County | Odyssey World International Education Services 360-326-8565 info@odysseyworld.org |
| African Immigrant and Refugee (Services also available in Amharic, Kiswahili, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya) | King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane & Yakima Counties | African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest (ACCPNW) 206-779-0674 nj.gishuru@gmail.com |
| African, African American or Black, Multi-racial | King, Snohomish Counties & some Eastern WA | Ethiopian Community in Seattle 206-325-0304 info@ecseattle.org |
| African-descent immigrants and refugees | King County | African Community Housing Development (ACHD) 206-371-2327 hamdi@achdo.org |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | Statewide | Sister Sky, Inc. 509-315-9808 christine@sisterskyinc.com |
| Asian Pacific (Services also available in Cambodian, Chammoro, Chinese, Fijian, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Laos, Marshallese, Samoa, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Thailand, Tongan, Vietnamese) | King & Pierce Counties and State-wide | Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) 253-383-3900 faaluaina@asiapacificculturalcenter.org |
| Asian: Cambodian Americans, Khmer Americans | Clark, King, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish & Whatcom Counties | Cambodian American Community Council of WA 206-979-3206 mellsameth@gmail.com or 209-639-8423 savonglam@gmail.com |
| Asian: Chinese (Services also available in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese) | Chinatown International District of King County | Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority 206-838-8713 cidbizrelief@scidpda.org |
| Asian: Filipino, Cambodian (Services also available in Khmer, Tagalog, Hmong) | King, Pierce, & Yakima Counties | Filipino Community of Seattle 206-722-9372 info@filcommsea.org |
| Asian: Indian (Services also available in Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malyalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu) | King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties | India Association of Western Washington (IAWW) 253-234-9989 ext. 5 executivedirector@iaww.org |
| Asian: Japan American and community at large | Statewide | Japan-America Society of the State of Washington 206-374-0180 jassw@jassw.org |
| Asian: Korean (Services also available in Korean) | Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish & Spokane Counties and Statewide | Seattle-Washington State Korean Association 206-734-4080 koassn@gmail.com |
| Asian: Vietnamese American (Services also available in Vietnamese) | King County (Little Saigon, Rainier Valley, White Center) | Friends of Little Sài Gòn (FLS) 253-245-9341 info@flsseattle.org |
| Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | Chelan & Douglas Counties | Community for the Advancement of Family Education (CAFE) 509-415-8274 wenatcheecafe@gmail.com or gloria.cafenw@gmail.com |
| Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties | El Centro de La Raza 360-986-7022 vcserrato@elcentrodelaraza.org |
| Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | Clark County | Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber 360-450-9044 info@hmccoregon.com |
| Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | East & West Wenatchee, Pierce, Yakima Counties | Latino Community Fund of Washington 509-517-9291 sbautista@latinocommunityfund.org 509-517-9291 elujan@latinocommunityfund.org |
| Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant & Walla Walla Counties | Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 509-542-0933 info@tchispanicchamber.com |
| Latino (Servicios disponibles en Español) | King & Snohomish Counties | Ventures 206-352-1945 info@venturesnonprofit.org |
| LGBTQ+ | Adams, Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman & Yakima Counties | Inland Northwest Business Alliance Chamber 509-402-4622 inba@inbachamber.org |
| LGBTQ+, People of Color and Allies | King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, & Walla Walla Counties | GSBA 206-363-9188 BizTech@theGSBA.org |
| Micro Enterprise, Independent Businesses | Clallam, Island, Jefferson, North Kitsap & Skagit Counties | Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship – Community Enterprise 360-417-3421 communityenterprise@cie-nw.org |
| Micro Enterprise, Independent Businesses (Servicios disponibles en Español, Services available in Russian, and American Sign Language) | Central & Eastern Washington | Spokane Independent Metro Business Alliance (SIMBA) 509-710-6052 info@spokaneindependent.org |
| Micro Enterprise, Independent Businesses, Start-up | Tacoma & Pierce County | William Factory Small Business Incubator 253-722-5800 info@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 smallbiz@mapsredmond.org |