Athens Business Marketing Grant

Vermont’s Farm & Forest Viability Program gives one-to-one matching grants to eligible Vermont farmers who need capital to invest in infrastructure to improve their farms’ water quality. The maximum grant amount is $50,000; farmers can use the funds to purchase equipment and make renovations and improvements to their infrastructure.

The Inner Sunset Neighborhood Vibrancy Fund provides Inner Sunset small businesses in San Francisco with grants of up to $20,000 to support storefront beautification, technical assistance, and storefront activation across the neighborhood's commercial corridors. Administered by SF New Deal, a nonprofit that has strengthened San Francisco's small businesses and neighborhood vibrancy citywide since 2020, the fund is a pilot program financed by private donors and community members with a stake in the neighborhood, with expected support for up to 20 small businesses across three funding tracks. -The Storefront Beautification track provides up to $10,000 to fund small but impactful storefront investments, such as replacing damaged awnings, repairing broken windows, or restoring outdoor planters. -The Technical Assistance track provides up to $5,000 to help businesses cover the cost of professional services and other advisory support. -The Storefront Activation track provides up to $20,000 to businesses that take over a vacant storefront in the Inner Sunset, offsetting the cost of opening in a previously empty space. Applications are reviewed by a community advisory group of Inner Sunset neighbors, and there are no fixed caps on how much funding can go toward any single track (funding is directed toward the strongest applications regardless of category). The Inner Sunset was selected as the pilot neighborhood at the request of the initial donors, and future expansion of the model to other neighborhoods may be possible if additional community funding is secured.

For over 30 years, the Vermont Training Program (VTP) has partnered with employers of all sizes and training providers to prepare Vermont's employees for the jobs of tomorrow. VTP provides performance-based workforce grants for pre-employment training, training for new hires, and training for incumbent workers. This training can either be on-site or offered through an outside provider. VTP grants may cover up to 50% of the training cost. The program also works with eligible employers to introduce manufacturers and other regionally significant employers to Vermont students at every level. Employers who provide work-based learning programs or activities developed in partnership with a school or educational program may apply to VTP for a grant to offset the costs of providing these programs. This work supports several different types of training, but the most requested programs are for advanced manufacturing skills like Lean Technology, Computer-Aided Design, and Computer Numerical Control machining. Supervisory and management training are also popular.

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is tofurther elucidate the mechanisms of early immune development in utero, during the early post-natal period and during early childhood in neonates, infants, and children and adolescents with or without in-utero exposure to HIV or Anti-Retroviral Therapeutics (ART).This initiative aims to understand intricate mechanisms of immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface, T and B cell development and maturation in offspring, and local immune responses and the role of systemic immunity.

The City of Oxford has created a new funding opportunity for businesses in Oxford that provides capital for up to $2,500 or 50% of costs for projects that improve sustainability and/or building facades.