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Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP) — Business Development Loans
Tribal Resources Investment Corporation
Loan Range
First Citizens' Fund: up to $116,725 lifetime (individual) /...
No application deadline is published
Difficulty
Moderate
Payment
Mixed (Advance + Reimb.)
Trend
Stable
First-Timers
Friendly ✓
Financing share
85%
Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP) — Business Development Loans provides up to First Citizens' Fund: up to $116,725 lifetime (individual) / $350,175 lifetime (community), 40% forgivable; TRICORP Loan Fund: up to $100,000; NRT Equity Matching: up to $7,500 (individual) / $30,000 (community project), non-repayable; ABEP: up to $99,999 (individuals and incorporated businesses) / $250,000 (community-owned businesses), non-repayable. Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP) provides business development loans and non-repayable contributions to Aboriginal-descent clients in British Columbia. The program covers up to 85% of eligible costs. No application deadline is published.
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Program Description
Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP) provides business development loans and non-repayable contributions to Aboriginal-descent clients in British Columbia. Products include the First Citizens' Fund, TRICORP Loan Fund, NRT Equity Matching, and the Aboriginal Business Equity Program.
Eligibility Requirements
- Business must be Indigenous-owned (at least 51% First Nations-owned for most products; NRT Equity Matching open to all BC First Nations, status and non-status)
- Aboriginal-descent individuals, groups, partnerships, organizations, communities, co-operatives and corporations
- New and existing businesses eligible
- Projects on reserve require written support of the Band Development Corporation
- Projects involving Band land or resources require Band Council support via BCR
- NRT Equity Matching available to all BC First Nations (status and non-status) conditional on ACC term-loan approval
- ABEP for Indigenous clients with viable business plan and other financing in place
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Business Stage
Quick Assessment
Difficulty
Moderate
Competition
Moderate
First-Timer
Friendly
Funding Details
- Amount
- First Citizens' Fund: up to $116,725 lifetime (individual) / $350,175 lifetime (community), 40% forgivable; TRICORP Loan Fund: up to $100,000; NRT Equity Matching: up to $7,500 (individual) / $30,000 (community project), non-repayable; ABEP: up to $99,999 (individuals and incorporated businesses) / $250,000 (community-owned businesses), non-repayable
- Type
- Loan
- Level
- Private
- Financing share
- Up to 85% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- No application deadline is published
Program Scorecard
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Deadline
Ongoing
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Rejection Pitfalls 10
- Not of Indigenous, Inuit or Métis ancestry, or the business is not at least 51% owned and controlled by First Nations
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Application Steps
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Check you are inside the service area TRICORP's service area extends east to west from Haida Gwaii to Burns Lake, and south to north from Hartley Bay to the Yukon border. This is northwest British Columbia, not the whole province.
Required Documents 9
✓ Business Loan Application, submitted online or downloaded as a PDF
✓ Business plan. TRICORP publishes a template but states that a filled-in copy of the template will not be accepted as a business plan, and that it cannot help you write one because it also makes the funding decision
Eligible Expenses 6
Ineligible Expenses 1
Deadline Notes
Ineligible Organizations
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Funding Stack Strategy
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4 partners
Compatible Programs
First Citizens' Fund (via TRICORP)
TRICORP Loan Fund
NRT Equity Matching Program
Indigenous Business Equity Program (ABEP)
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Clawback Risk
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