ABOUT US

TREASURE COAST ENTERPRISE FUND (TCEF) is a non-profit corporation established to provide loans to existing and start-up small businesses that cannot qualify for conventional bank financing.

Mission Statement

TCEF's mission is to promote job growth in low and moderate-income communities in the Treasure Coast Region by increasing the availability of capital to small businesses that are expanding and creating livable wage jobs.

The TCEF supports entrepreneurship and small business development in the four-county Treasure Coast Region (Palm Beach Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River) by providing loans of up to $35,000 and technical assistance to small businesses.

The TCEF program has four main objectives:

1) assist in new business creation
  2) maintain and expand existing businesses
  3) help create jobs that pay a livable wage
  4) enhance economic opportunity in underserved communities