Drive Your Business

Success. Growth. Community Impact.

Drive Your Business supports small business owners in low-to-moderate income and rural communities who are seeking capital, coaching, and strategic guidance to grow their businesses.

Are you a small business owner in a low-to-moderate income or rural community looking to grow and succeed? Whether you’re just starting out, expanding an existing business, or building operational capacity, the Drive Your Business Program provides personalized support designed to help your business succeed.

Drive Your Business is supported through the TD Ready Challenge and delivered in partnership with mission-driven Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) across Pennsylvania.

Drive Your Business in Action

See how CDFIs help entrepreneurs access capital, build stronger operations, and grow their businesses.

Read the Full Story from TD

Two Pennsylvania businesses—Rocky Philly Souvenirs and Brü Daddy’s Brewing Company—share how CDFIs helped them overcome credit challenges and expand their business.

Ready to Drive Your Business? Start here.

The Drive Your Business program is coordinated by the PA CDFI Network. To help connect you with the right advisor, lender, and technical assistance support, all businesses begin by completing a short referral form. The intake form takes about 5 minutes to complete.

Start My Business Intake

Please note: the BizScoreline assessment is completed through the Drive Your Business program after submitting a referral. The public BizScoreline portal is not connected to this program.

After your referral is reviewed, a participating CDFI will work with you to complete the BizScoreline assessment, a structured evaluation that provides a clear snapshot of how your business is performing.

BizScoreline examines six key areas of your business:

Operations & performance
Sales & customers
Marketing
Financial management
HR & personnel
Technology

BizScoreline assessments typically cost $300, but Drive Your Business participants receive access through the program at no cost.

Your CDFI advisor will guide you through the process and review the results with you to identify the most important opportunities for growth.

Our Step-by-Step Process

What’s Offered

Business Assessment
Get a comprehensive review to identify strengths and opportunities.
Personalized Growth Plan
Work with a dedicated small business specialist to build a step-by-step strategy tailored to your goals.
One-on-One Coaching & Mentorship
Connect with experienced coaches, business professionals, and mentors.
Workshops & Training
Join flexible, actionable sessions ranging from 4 to 12 weeks.
Loan Application Support
Receive expert guidance from packaging to submission.
Supplier Diversity & Ecosystem Connections
Access procurement opportunities and build connections with local chambers, workforce organizations, and trade associations.