Since 1994, The Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD), a private, nonprofit community development financial institution, has provided critical financial and technical assistance to more than 1,600 firms and entrepreneurs in the impoverished Delta regions of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. ECD's mission is to improve the quality of life in the Delta by helping entrepreneurs and companies, including those owned by minorities and women, and by developing strategic partnerships with other private, public and non-profit sector organizations.

“To strengthen communities, build assets and improve lives in economically distressed areas of the Deep South by providing access to high quality financial products and related services.”