Loans & Grants

List of national, state and local resources on funding opportunities. New resources are added as information becomes available.

Local government loan/grant programs
Florida

City of Orlando

Business Assistance Program

The Business Assistance Program (BAP) is a matching grant program designed to encourage small businesses to locate, expand or redevelop in the City of Orlando. Eligible improvements include, but are not limited to, street lighting and fire hydrant installation/relocation, sidewalk repairs; traffic signalization; water and sewer line construction, removal or relocation; curb, gutter, street improvements and landscaping or installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Area served: Orlando, Florida
Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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Local government loan/grant programs
Florida

Downtown Orlando

Sidewalk Café Incentive Program

This program is designed to encourage downtown businesses to enhance their outdoor sidewalk café spaces to promote a lively, vibrant, and consistent streetscape. Businesses with valid sidewalk café permits from the City of Orlando which are located within the CRA shall be eligible for funding to purchase and install sidewalk café improvements. The CRA will assist up to $5,000 or 50% of the total cost of eligible products, whichever is less. 


Area served: Orlando, Florida
Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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Local government loan/grant programs
Florida

Downtown Orlando

Downtown Commercial & Residential Building Improvement Program

The Downtown Commercial and Residential Building Improvement Program can provide grants valued between $15,000 and $120,000 for improvements to buildings made within the downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) boundaries.

Area served: Orlando, Florida
Audience: Small Business Owners, Non-profits
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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Local government loan/grant programs
Georgia

Chatham County

Chatham County Small Business Grants

Must be a business affected by COVID-19 with less than 100 employees and located in unincorporated Chatham County. Grants up to $25,000.

Area served: Chatham County, Georgia
Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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Local government loan/grant programs
Massachusetts

The New Bedford Economic Development Council (NBEDC)

Small Business Assistance through NB100!

This is a new program offered by the NBEDC to promote entrepreneurship, grow local wealth, and strengthen community bonds. Through this program, entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to apply for a $10,000 kick-starter grant after completing technical assistance programming offered by one of our partners.

Area served: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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National Resources

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Government loan/grant programs
National

U.S. Department of the Treasury

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide a substantial infusion of resources to help turn the tide on the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery.

Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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Corporate loan/grant programs
National

The Halstead Grant

2024 Halstead Grant

The Halstead Grant is an annual award for emerging silver jewelry artists. The experience is designed to help jewelry entrepreneurs create a strategy to kick-start their careers. 

Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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Nonprofit loan/grant programs
National

NDN Collective

Community Self-Determination Grant

This grant opportunity will provide Tribal Nations, communities and organizations as an investment in Indigenous power and a means to foster equity and inclusion, and to reframe decision-making with those most impacted. Applications open May 29, 2024.

Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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Corporate loan/grant programs
National

IFundWomen

IFundWomen Universal Grant Application

When IFundWomen brokers a grant with a partner, IFundWomen matches the partner’s grant criteria to those businesses who have applied through their Universal Grant Application. If you’re a match, they may request that you apply for that partner’s specific grant program, and you will be notified.

Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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Corporate loan/grant programs
National

Etsy

Etsy Emergency Relief Fund

Any Etsy seller who has experienced a federally declared disaster within the past year may apply for a grant, as long as they’ve been an active seller on Etsy for at least one year, and their accounts with Etsy are in good standing. The amount and frequency of grants will depend on the amount of money available in the fund at any given time.

Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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