Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead
Good Work Resource Center
NC Business Service Providers for Entrepreneurs
- Business Link North Carolina
- Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
- Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship
- Jobs Now NC
- Mountain BizWorks, Asheville, NC
- NCSU Value-Added and Alternative Agriculture
- North Carolina Business Resource Alliance
- North Carolina Institute for Minority Economic Development and Women’s Business Center
- North Carolina Community College Small Business Center Network
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension
- North Carolina Department of Commerce Business ServiCenter
- North Carolina Indian Economic Development Initiative
- North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center
- Women's Business Center, Fayetteville, NC
Piedmont Networks, Collectives, and Resources
- Antfarm Studios
- Artspace
- Central Park NC
- Chix in Business
- DesignBox
- Durham Central Park
- Durham Craft Market
- Farmers of Orange
- Growing Small Farms
- Piedmont Craftsmen
- Designers' Downtown Market (Raleigh)
- Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South
- Schoolhouse of Wonder
- Scrap Exchange
- SEEDS, community gardening in Durham
- Spark Con: igniting the creative hub of the South.
- stone circles & the Stone House
- Triangle area farmers' markets
Capital Providers for Entrepreneurs in NC
- Accion USA
- North Carolina Rural Center
- Mountain BizWorks, Asheville, NC
- Self-Help
- SJF Ventures
- US Small Business Administration (SBA)
Internet Resources for Entrepreneurs
- Bankrate.com
- Bankrate's 12 money management tips
- BeeHive
- Business Owners' Idea Cafe
- Virgin Money
- eVenturing
- Great American Craft-Off
- Greening Guide for the Green Office
- HomeGrownMarket.com
- IRS Small Business Tax Center
- Jump Up online business training
- Kutztown online business training
- MicroMentor
- MyOwnBusiness
- National Association of Women Business Owners
- NY Public Library Small Business Video Series
- PowerHomeBiz
- Prosper
- SBA Training Videos
- SCORE
Community Development Financial Institutions in NC
Community Partners
- Avadon Group
- Community Success Initiative
- Duke University Chapel
- Durham Congregations in Action
- El Centro Hispano, Durham
- Empowerment Inc. CDC, Chapel Hill-Carborro, Orange and Chatham Counties
- End Poverty Network, Durham
- J.Ruth
- OpenSource Leadership Strategies
- Operation Breakthrough, Durham, NC
- Passage Home, Raleigh, NC
- Resourceful Communities Program (Conservation Fund)
- TROSA, Durham, NC
- UDI/CDC, Durham, NC
- Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham, NC
- WEB DuBois CDC, Wake Forest (Wake County), NC
Downtown Alliances
- Burlington Downtown Corporation
- Downtown Durham Inc. Downtown Greensboro Inc.
- Downtown Raleigh Alliance
- Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership
Food Co-ops
NC Child Care Professional and Early Childhood Development Resources
- North Carolina Division of Child Development
- North Carolina Partnership for Children/Smart Start offices
NC Resources for Nonprofit Professionals and Organizations
- Center for Participatory Change's Toolbox
- Duke Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management
- North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
NC Advocacy Partners
- Action for Children NC
- Coalition for Responsible Lending
- North Carolina Council of Churches
- North Carolina Justice Center
Find Other Organizations and Resources
- Microenterprise agencies through the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO)
Co-op America - Cooperative through the Regional Index of Cooperation
- Grassroots Economic Organizing Collective,
- Other Cooperative Directories and resources through the Data Commons Project
- Local Food through Local Harvest
- National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
- Opportunity Finance Network, the leading network of private
financial intermediaries with a proven expertise in lending prudently
and productively in unconventional markets often overlooked by
conventional financial institutions. - Solidarity Economy Map
- United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives
- US Solidarity Economy Network (SEN)
- WiserEarth: a community directory and networking forum for organizations and people addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights, and more.
- Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Triangle-wide Organizations
- Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina
- Center for International Understanding
- Council for Entrepreneurial Development
- El Pueblo, Inc.
- Interfaith Food Shuttle
- International Affairs Council
- Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina
- Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation
- Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
- Research Triangle Foundation
- Research Triangle Institute
- Research Triangle Regional Partnership
- Triangle Business and Professional Guild
- Triangle Community Foundation
- Triangle J Council of Governments
- Triangle Land Conservancy
- Triangle United Way
- World Trade Center of North Carolina
Cities, Towns, Counties, State
- City of Durham
- City of Raleigh
- Knightdale
- Rolesville
- Town of Apex
- Town of Carrboro
- Town of Cary
- Town of Chapel Hill
- Town of Fuquay-Varina
- Town of Garner
- Town of Hillsborough
- Town of Holly Springs
- Town of Morrisville
- Town of Zebulon
- Wake Forest
- Durham County
- Orange County
- Wake County
- State of North Carolina
Chambers of Commerce
- Apex Chamber of Commerce
- Cary Chamber of Commerce
- Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
- Clayton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Durham Chamber of Commerce
- Fuquay-Varina Area Chamber of Commerce
- Garner Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
- Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce
- Morrisville Chamber of Commerce
Universities and Colleges
- Duke University
- NC Central University
- NC State University
- Meredith
- Peace College
- Shaw University
- St Augustine’s College
- UNC-Chapel Hill