FORGE exists to help entrepreneurs start or grow small businesses by providing high quality business management, planning and support services in addition to its loan programs. We are committed to empowering you to expand your economic opportunity through business ownership, because we believe that successful locally-owned businesses create opportunities for families and communities.

FORGE is a CDFI, or community development financial institution, that provides capital and business development services designed to help individuals start and grow successful small businesses; to build communities through collaborations with other non-profits, higher education institutions, corporations, and public agencies; and to create scalable program models with measurable impact that can be replicated in communities across Arkansas and the Ozarks.