Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help

Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (Washington C.A.S.H.) is a nonprofit organization working with Washington state microenterprise entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses.

The organization was founded in 1995^[1] and is registered as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The organization was inspired by the success of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, and utilized microcredit as an early key strategy for microenterprise support. Subsequently, Washington C.A.S.H. developed a range of programmatic approaches to increase its clients' success, including business training, peer support, and access to markets. It operates the Washington C.A.S.H. Business Accelerator, a business incubator where clients have access to a number of business support services, and Ventures, a retail outlet offering goods and services by its clients. Washington CASH works with the Aspen Institute to measure and evaluate its impact.

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