Workshops

Project Financing: The Application and Assessment Process 

Presenting organizations: Tale’awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation, Vancity Savings Credit Union and All Nations Trust Company

Description

This workshop will highlight what financial institutions are looking for when an Aboriginal community, development corporation, or entrepreneur applies to an organization looking for business financing, funding and/or services.

For communities planning on establishing or expanding a community-owned business, this workshop will provide an overview of business funding and financing programs and services available, and will introduce participants to the application process, including providing tips on preparing funding applications, key information to include in your application, how applications are assessed from the perspectives of funders and lenders.

What Participants will learn

  • Learn about programs and services available to support Aboriginal businesses
  • Review the application process
  • Provide insight on how applications are assessed
  • Provide examples of successful applications.
  • Better understand what funders look for in funding applications
  • Develop targeted funding applications

Presenter(s) 

  • Donna St. Louis, Business Services Officer, Tale’awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation
  • Stewart Anderson, Manager, Indigenous Partnerships, Vancity Savings Credit Union
  • Tyrone Joseph, Business Development Officer, All Nations Trust

Presenter Biographies

Donna St. Louis is a Business Services Officer from Tale’awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation where she provides business support to Aboriginal entrepreneurs. Whether it is for a small home based sole proprietorship or community owned corporation, Donna helps her clients with accessing financing, business planning and after care support.

Stewart Anderson is the Manager of Indigenous Partnerships at Vancity Savings Credit Union and has worked in the financial services sector for the last 20 years. His clients have included First Nation Governments, Aboriginal and First Nation Development Corporations and First Nation / Private Sector joint ventures. He works to broaden and deepen the credit Union’s involvement with Aboriginal communities in and beyond the traditional territory of the Coast Salish People where Vancity is located.

Tyrone Joseph is a Business Development Officer with the All Nations Development Corporation/All Nations Trust Company in Kamloops. ANTCO provides funding and financing for aboriginal business projects located in much of the BC Interior and Northern Interior. ANTCO’s Development Corporation will work with applicants to determine eligibility of their projects for funding programs or financing products offered by ANTCO.