There is a non-profit organization called Prison Entrepreneurship Program which is described as “a Houston-based nonprofit organization that leverages the skills of senior business executives to constructively redirect these talents and equip inmates and former inmates with entrepreneurial training—enabling them to productively re-enter society.”

As for small business loans, felons typically find it hard to get one, even SBA. SBA adopts a “cautious” approach to lending to felons and oftentimes bases its decision on how serious the crime committed was and whether there is strong likelihood that the offense will be repeated again.