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- EIN 45-2992960
- (510) 830-3204
- 825 Washington Street Oakland CA 94607 USA
- www.centrocommunity.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Economic Development, Urban & Community Economic Development
Mission: Centro community partners' primary purpose is to train, educate, and develop underserved women and minorities with business competency, credit improvement, and leadership skills to effectively start, operate and manage microenterprises and small businesses.
Programs: * graduated 50 entrepreneurs from the centro entrepreneur readiness program. * trained 40 mba students to be technical advisors. * secured $105,000 in capital to lmi underserved entrepreneurs (100% application success rate). * most entrepreneurs generated additional cash flow and reduced costs sufficiently to grow their businesses without incurring debt. * contributed more than 6,500 of volunteer hours. * revitalized 10 minority-owned businesses in the fruitvale district, oakland