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About NCIF
NCIF LogoNCIF provides patient capital to small and emerging natural resource-based businesses. Our investments support business expansion, create employment opportunities, advance sustainable economic development and develop the rural tax base.
NCIF's business clients are located throughout North Carolina, Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and West Virginia, and have limited access to capital from traditional sources. In addition to providing critical, timely financing, NCIF provides targeted technical assistance to build the non-financial capacity of our clients.
The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF) is certified as both a Community Development Financial Institution and a Community Development Entity.
Latest News
NCIF's grain bin program makes the front page of Roanoke's Daily Herald
On May 21st, The Daily Herald featured an article about the grain bin program, funded by North Carolina's Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund and NCIF, developed to help minority and low-wealth farmers. Read the article»

Blue Smoke Salsa of Ansted, West Virginia, a NCIF Portfolio Company, is featured in the May 2009 issue of Bon Appetit  magazine.
Blue Smoke Salsa's Hot Pepper Jelly and Triple-X Hot Salsa are the featured "What to Eat" food for West Virginia in Bon Appetit's guide to the best things to eat, drink, and buy in all 50 states. Click here for the guide »

 

Read about NCIF's Portfolio Companies in the news »
Upcoming Events



Southeast Women's Herbal Conference
October 2-4, 2009 in Black Mountain, NC
Registration is open for the annual Southeast Women's Herbal Conference. Join over a thousand women from the southeast and beyond to deepen connections with the plants, the earth, and each other.

 

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Invest in NCIF
Your support will help us continue to find, support and fund entrepreneurs who are demonstrating, that triple-bottom-line businesses can sustain rural communities and their natural resources.

Spotlight: Meet Curtis Branch

Curtis Branch

 

Natural Capital Investment Fund helps Curtis Branch of Murfreesboro, North Carolina expand his farm and pursue sustainable growing practices through the Farm Storage Facility Project.

 

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A Resource for Rural Businesses
What We Do
NCIF has a “roll up our sleeves” partnership with its portfolio companies, built on our desire to help a company grow.

 

NCIF taps its network for resources to solve business problems and help a business plan ahead. It also functions as a sounding board to review plans, assess strategy, analyze ongoing performance and explore future business opportunities.
For Our Bank Partners
Opportunities to Partner with NCIF
NCIF can be part of your bank's strategy to reach and support local small businesses.

 

    • Co-lending with your bank
    • Referring loans to NCIF
    • Structuring growth financing with NCIF
    • Extensive business development services

 

 

 

 

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Natural Capital Quarterly, the newsletter of the Natural Capital Investment Fund, is now available online. Have each future issue delivered to your e-mail inbox.

 

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The Conservation FundNatural Capital Investment Fund is affiliated with The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit organization with a unique dual mission of environmental conservation and economic development.
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