Although there are not many non-profit organizations that simply provide startup funds with no strings attached, some non-profits have developed programs that can provide new business owners with low-interest loans and other sources of funding.

° Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2046, Phone: (816) 932-1000. www.emkf.org
° The Coleman Foundation, Inc., 575 W. Madison Street, Suite 4605, Chicago, IL 60661, Phone: (312) 902-7120. www.colemanfoundation.org
° The Edward Lowe Foundation, P. O. Box 8, Cassopolis, MI 49031-0008, Phone: (800) 232-LOWE(5693). www.lowe.org
° Foundation for Enterprise Development, 7911 Herschel Ave., Ste. 402, La Jolla, CA 92037, Phone: (858) 459-4662; or 2020 "K" Street, NW, Ste. 400, Washington D.C. 20036, Phone: 202/530-8920; or 8 East Fourth St., Jamestown, NY, 14702-3050, Phone: (716) 488-1911. www.fed.org
° Appalachian Regional Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20009-1068, Phone: (202) 884-7799. www.arc.gov
° Women's Business Development Center, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60603, Phone: (312) 853-3477.
° The Jim Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046, Phone: 410-313-6530. www.jref.org