CLIMBER Loan Fund

Program Details

The Climber Loan Fund provides flexible working capital up to $250,000 to existing businesses across rural Colorado to build back our rural economies.

The Climber Loan Fund is designed to support our rural businesses with 1-99 employees, who have 1 year of positive net income in the previous 5 years . Small businesses in need of working capital, consolidate higher interest debt, make improvements on retail space, purchase inventory, upgrade equipment, and cover payroll and operating expenses.

Climber loan fund

Loan terms:

Loans up to $250,000
Deferred Payments for up to 90 days, upon request

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Success Stories

Identity Pet Nutrition

Growing up in the Roaring Fork Valley, Dusti Budd helped her dad and mom with the original Capitol Deli family restaurant. She continued to work in food service positions while earning a degree focusing on accounting and entrepreneurship. Years later, she jumped at the opportunity to own Capitol Deli, a local restaurant known for its Philly Cheesesteaks and homemade cheesecakes. She opened the doors to the new Rifle location two months before COVID hit and was forced to take on high interest debt to stay afloat. Her loan with FSWCF allowed Dusti to invest back in the business with new updates and marketing.

“The funding we got from FSWCF helped our family business blossom and flourish
the way we had envisioned after surviving the struggles of COVID.”
–Dusti Budd

We want to give your pet the blank canvas of good, simple, delicious food to let their identities shine through. By developing this superior quality value-filled pet food, we believe that luxurious taste should know no boundaries. Every pet deserves access to responsibly and sustainably-sourced products that offer comprehensive health and wellness benefits from the first taste.

“With the loan from FSWCF, Identity Pet Nutrition was able to obtain permanent working capital to purchase inventory. We can’t thank FSWCF enough for the opportunity to grow our business." - Jeremy Petersen