Steering Committee
Our Partner Organization
4548 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19139
The Circle of Aunts & Uncles has a partnership with The Enterprise Center (TEC), a 501c3 Community Development and Financial Institution (CDFI) with almost 30 years of experience supporting high-potential minority entrepreneurs in Philadelphia. Among its contributions to the Circle, TEC houses our loan fund and manages the Circle’s loan fund and bookkeeping, provides a loan fund manager who refers potential borrowers to the Circle, coordinates meetings and provides technical assistance for the entrepreneurs as needed. Currently, the TEC manager is Inja Coates, and she is the contact person for entrepreneurs in communicating with the Circle.
Della Clark
President
The Enterprise Center
Inja Coates
Loan Fund Manager
Circle of Aunts and Uncles
Collaborators
Leslie Benoliel – Executive Director; Entrepreneur Works, lbenoliel@entre-works.org
Jill Fink – Executive Director; Merchants Fund, info@merchantsfund.org
Lynne Cutler - Executive Director; Women’s Opportunity Resource Center, l_cutler@worc-pa.com
Sidney Hargro - Executive Director; Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, sidney@philanthropynetwork.org
Heather Hanowitz - PIDC, Vice President & Senior Loan Office, hhanowitz@pidcphila.com
Elizabeth Killough - Foundation Manager; Untours Foundation, elizabeth.killough@untours.com
Neil Kleinman - Director; Corzo Center for a Creative Economy, nkleinman@uarts.edu
Chuck Lacy - President; Barred Rock Fund (currently working in Chester), clacy@together.net
Jamila Medley - Executive Director; Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, jamila@philadelphia.coop
Anna Ship - Executive Director; Greater Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network, anna@sbnphiladelphia.org