Search our database of hundreds of resources for the Asian American community in Illinois.  This tool was developed to help connect entrepreneurs with programming to help them establish and grow their businesses and extend the reach of the assist agencies.  Request to have your organization included by clicking “Add Listing” and completing the form.

Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC)
DESCRIPTION:
The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC), is an academic center at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and provides intensive, hands-on training for students who want to be transactional lawyers or founders of start-up companies. The DPELC clinical program has serves entrepreneurs while educating future lawyers about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking through a variety of traditional, clinical, and simulation-based course offerings, a marquee annual conference, a speaker series, a transactional law competition, and workshops and outreach efforts in the entrepreneurship community.

The DPELC clinic has a national reach, serving clients in both California and Illinois, and serves as a model for similar programs developed in law schools across the country.
PHONE:
312.503.5666
ADDRESS:
375 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-3069
East Edgewater Chamber of Commerce Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC)
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland
DESCRIPTION:
The City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection's (BACP) Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) offer several program types to  deliver highly specialized business programs and services that help entrepreneurs start, business owners grow or sustain their small businesses, as well as assist their NBDC Program peers to build their respective capacities.

The East Edgewater Chamber of Commerce NBDC is a Place-Based Generalist. More information about the NBDC program is available at: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/neighborhoodbusinessdevcenters.html
PHONE:
773-561-6000
ADDRESS:
1210 W Rosedale
Chicago, IL 60660
Edgebrook Sauganash Chamber of Commerce Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC)
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland
DESCRIPTION:
The City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection's (BACP) Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) offer several program types to  deliver highly specialized business programs and services that help entrepreneurs start, business owners grow or sustain their small businesses, as well as assist their NBDC Program peers to build their respective capacities.

The Edgebrook Sauganash Chamber of Commerce NBDC is a place-based generalist. More information about the NBDC program is available at: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/neighborhoodbusinessdevcenters.html
PHONE:
773-545-9300
ADDRESS:
4740 W Peterson Ave
Chicago, IL 60646
Edgewater Development Corporation Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC)
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland
DESCRIPTION:
The City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection's (BACP) Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) offer several program types to  deliver highly specialized business programs and services that help entrepreneurs start, business owners grow or sustain their small businesses, as well as assist their NBDC Program peers to build their respective capacities.

The Edgewater Development Corporation NBDC is a place-based generalist. More information about the NBDC program is available at: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/neighborhoodbusinessdevcenters.html
PHONE:
773-561-6000
ADDRESS:
1210 W Rosedale
Chicago, IL 60660
Edison Park Chamber of Commerce Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC)
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland
DESCRIPTION:
The City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection's (BACP) Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) offer several program types to  deliver highly specialized business programs and services that help entrepreneurs start, business owners grow or sustain their small businesses, as well as assist their NBDC Program peers to build their respective capacities.

The Edison Park Chamber of Commerce NBDC is a place-based generalist. More information about the NBDC program is available at: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/neighborhoodbusinessdevcenters.html
PHONE:
773-631-0063
ADDRESS:
6730 N Olmsted Ave
Chicago, IL 60631
Evanston Chamber of Commerce
REGION:
Chicagoland, Illinois
DESCRIPTION:
The mission of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce is to foster a competitive business climate and promote economic development by providing access to a broad range of resources such as leadership, advocacy, networking, partnerships, and educational opportunities for the Evanston business community.
PHONE:
847.328.1500
ADDRESS:
1007 Church Street, Suite 106
Evanston, IL 60201
Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland, Illinois
PHONE:
(872) 267-4087
ADDRESS:
35 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 650
Chicago, IL 60601
Foundation for Asian American Independent Media
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland, National
DESCRIPTION:
The Foundation for Asian American Independent Media is an organization that celebrates emerging Asian American creative talent. They accomplish this by hosting various events including the annual Asian American Showcase in Chicago, and supporting artists in building a grassroots audience for their work.
Fujian Chamber of Commerce
REGION:
Chicagoland
DESCRIPTION:
The Fujian Chamber of Commerce is committed to providing a business platform for everyone, and to realize business exchanges and resource sharing on this platform, and also make positive contributions to the promotion of U.S.-China trade. The Chamber of Commerce upholds the spirit of respecting, cultivating children, and helping business, and firmly believes that business is good for good, and seeks benefits for the local American community and home country.
PHONE:
312-842-4908
ADDRESS:
243 W Cermak rd 2nd Fl
Chicago, IL 60616
Gladstone Park Chamber of Commerce Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC)
REGION:
Local, Chicagoland
DESCRIPTION:
The City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection's (BACP) Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) offer several program types to  deliver highly specialized business programs and services that help entrepreneurs start, business owners grow or sustain their small businesses, as well as assist their NBDC Program peers to build their respective capacities.

The Gladstone Park Chamber of Commerce NBDC is a place-based generalist. More information about the NBDC program is available at: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/neighborhoodbusinessdevcenters.html
PHONE:
773-756-6206
ADDRESS:
6348 N Milwaukee Ave, PMB 318
Chicago, IL 60646