Growth Partners Arizona

We're proud to be a member of the Arizona CDFI Network!

Collaboration is essential to building stronger communities and expanding economic opportunity across Arizona.

As a member of the Arizona CDFI Network, we're joining organizations committed to advancing equitable access to capital, strengthening community development, and supporting the people and businesses that drive our state's economy.

We are looking forward to collaborating, sharing knowledge, and working alongside partners who believe that lasting impact happens when we work together.

Most entrepreneurs don't have a capital problem.

They have a readiness problem.

For years, conversations about access to capital have focused on credit scores, financial statements, and loan applications. While those factors matter, our latest Capital Brief suggests there may be a bigger story.

After assessing hundreds of entrepreneurs, we observed something important:

Entrepreneurs can appear both ready and not ready at the same time.

Strong business motivation, growth ambition, and financial confidence often exist alongside gaps in systems, documentation, financial infrastructure, or capital strategy.

This insight led us to explore what we call The Readiness Contradiction, the idea that capital readiness may be more developmental than transactional.

Our newest Capital Brief introduces a framework that looks beyond traditional measures and explores three dimensions of readiness:

✓ Behavioral Readiness
✓ Structural Readiness
✓ Capital Positioning

Because stronger businesses aren't built by access to capital alone. They are built through clarity, capability, and preparation.

📘 Download the full brief:
https://www.growthpartnersaz.org/capital-brief/

Delivering Boldly starts with building a Bold Team!

At Growth Partners Arizona, we believe bold impact happens when mission-driven people come together to build something bigger than themselves.

That's why we are excited to welcome three incredible team members who are helping us strengthen our ability to serve entrepreneurs, expand access to capital, and deepen our impact across Arizona.

Please join us in welcoming:

Matthew Beard – Program Manager (ASU)
Natalia Ronceria Ceballos – Financial Education Specialist
Qinana Dotson – Capital Access Advisor

Each of our new team members will bring unique strengths, perspectives, and lived experiences that will help us continue advancing our mission to support Arizona's entrepreneurs and communities with greater clarity, care, and intentionality.

Welcome to the team, Matt, Natalia, and Qinana. We are excited to build, learn, and deliver boldly together.

We are Delivering Boldly for Arizona!

Opportunity should not depend on your zip code. At Growth Partners Arizona, we are proud to support entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits across the state from Northern Arizona to Southern Arizona and everywhere in between.

Because strong communities are built when people have access to the right support, at the right time, with capital that fits.

Statewide reach matters, and we are proud to have successfully deployed funding across all three regions.

But what matters even more is building pathways that help people grow with confidence.

Clear pathways. Real support. Capital that fits.

A milestone made possible through partnership, trust, and teamwork.

Growth Partners Arizona has officially surpassed $1 million in microloans deployed to Arizona microbusinesses through the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity Microbusiness Loan Program. This milestone marks a first for the program and reflects a shared commitment to strengthening Arizona’s small business ecosystem.

Behind every dollar deployed is a team committed to helping entrepreneurs access capital, strengthen their businesses, and build long-term stability.

We're grateful to our community partners and proud of what collaboration can make possible across Arizona.