Meet The Source’s 2025 referral partners

The Cook County Small Business Source is pleased to announce its selection of over 30 referral partners for 2025. These organizations will serve as referral partners through November 15, 2025.

The Source’s referral partners are nonprofit, business-facing organizations with a footprint in suburban Cook County. They connect small businesses to the no-cost advising, informative events and valuable resources The Source offers.

Referral partners provide support in multiple languages and ensure strong connections with small businesses across the County. 

The Polish American Chamber of Commerce, which includes executive director Bogdan Pukszta (left), is a returning referral partner for The Source in 2025. The chamber has partnered with The Source in the past, with Pukszta celebrating the 2023 Source Grant with Cook County Commissioner Bridget Degnen in February 2024.

The Source’s 2025 referral partners are:

*–first-time referral partner

  • Alsip Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development
  • Arab-American Business and Professional Association
  • Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois
  • Blue Island Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Calumet Area Industrial Commission
  • Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
  • Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce
  • Elevate
  • Evanston Chamber of Commerce
  • Fempreneur Poder Hub
  • Glenview Chamber of Commerce*
  • Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce*
  • HACIA (Hispanic American Construction Industry Association)
  • HIRE360
  • Lincolnwood Chamber of Commerce and Industry*
  • Little Village Chamber of Commerce*
  • Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce
  • Midway Chamber of Commerce*
  • Northbrook Chamber of Commerce
  • Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce
  • Polish American Chamber of Commerce
  • Puerto Rican Cultural Center
  • Pulaski Elston Business Association*
  • Pursuit*
  • Schaumburg Business Association
  • SomerCor
  • South East Chicago Commission
  • South Shore Chamber Community Development Corporation
  • Southwest Collective
  • Sunshine Enterprises
  • The Joseph Center
  • Uptima Entrepreneur Cooperative
  • Winnetka-Northfield-Glencoe Chamber of Commerce

For more information, email info@cookcountysmallbiz.org.

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