Greenwood Archer Capital

05/26/2026

05/26/2026

Proud to support the work behind the headlines. As program administrator and lender to the developer, Greenwood Archer Capital is helping move Rebuild Chicago 2.0 projects from concept to completion – bringing capital, coordination, and ex*****on together to help deliver new homeownership opportunities across Roseland.

Read More: https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/05/22/city-program-rebuild-chicago-rehab-30-properties-south-west-sides

04/16/2026

Do you know your breakeven?
Not your revenue.
Not your profit.
👉 The point where your business actually stops losing money.

Breakeven Analysis
📅 Monday, May 11
⏰ 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 EDLI | 222 N Canal St, Chicago

👉 RSVP
https://greenwoodarchercapital.org/workshops-technical-assistance-2-1

AccessToCapital

04/02/2026

🚨 Chicagoland Small Business Owners: This is for YOU

Running a business in Chicago is not easy. Between cash flow, access to capital, staffing, and navigating resources… it can feel like you're figuring it out alone.
We’re working to change that.
We’re supporting an effort to gather insights from small business owners across Chicagoland to understand.you better.

If you are a small business owner, take 5 minutes to share your experience:
🔗 https://lnkd.in/g3_teZ32

🎁 Bonus: Five participants will be selected to receive a $50 gift card

03/24/2026

Is your business actually profitable? Many business owners are generating sales, but still not building wealth. Our "Expenses, Net Margin and Industry Average" session is about understanding where your money is really going and how to take control of it.

In this workshop, we’ll cover:

1. What truly counts as an expense (and what doesn’t)

2. How to calculate and understand your net margin

3. What “healthy” margins look like across industries

4. Where businesses typically lose money—and how to fix it 

Details:

📅 Tuesday, April 14

🕓 4:30 – 7:00 PM

📍 Kelli’s Chicago (210 E 35th St, 2nd Floor)

Register:  https://greenwoodarchercapital.org/workshops-technical-assistance-2-1

03/20/2026

Food is not just culture. It’s infrastructure. 🍽️🏗️
Here’s why:
📊 Food businesses are high-multiplier assets
💸 Profitability at the unit level drives sustainability
🏙️ Density drives growth
🔁 Capital + coaching = real outcomes

shows that when you pair funding with technical assistance:
70% of businesses increase revenue
67% improve profitability
That’s the difference between debt and growth.

03/18/2026

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting La Femme Dance Festival on March 28 at . This powerful biennial event centers women of the Black African diaspora through bold choreography and artistic leadership. Join the celebration of culture, creativity, and community.
🎟 Tickets are available at

03/18/2026

Do you know how much it costs to produce what you sell? Yesterday, we used a simple pancake 🥞 example.

Once we calculated the real cost of ingredients + labor, the result was clear:

👉 A stack of 3 pancakes costs $4.14 to produce

If you sell it for:

• $8.90 → ~53% gross margin 📈

• $4.14 → $0 gross profit ⚠️ (and likely losing money after other expenses)

That’s the difference between a sustainable business and a fragile one.

Many small business owners price based on:

• Competitors 👀

• What feels affordable

• What customers are used to pay 🤝

Instead of one thing: Cost 💸

Because if you don’t know your true COGS:

• You can’t price correctly ❌

• You can’t protect your margins 

• Growth can quietly turn into loss 📉

Profitability starts at the unit level.  

03/04/2026

👏 Huge congratulations to Jim Williams, owner of , for being featured by the Cook County Small Business Source.

Congratulations, Jimmie — excited to see what comes next. 🚀

03/02/2026

March is Women’s History Month 💪🏽✨

According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Small Business Administration, women own roughly 42% of all businesses nationally. Illinois closely mirrors this average and in Cook County, women represent nearly half of all sole proprietors.

Over the last decade, much of the growth in new business formation has been driven by women of color, a trend documented by the National Women's Business Council and the American Express State of Women-Owned Businesses Report 📈

Women-owned firms are also disproportionately represented in industries that anchor neighborhoods:

• Healthcare & social assistance

• Educational services & childcare 📚

• Retail 🛍️

• Food & hospitality 🍽️

• Personal care

At Greenwood Archer Capital, we see every day how access to fair capital and financial strategy directly impacts household stability, corridor vitality, and long-term wealth building💚