NJ Small Business Improvement Grant

Purpose: The Song-Brown Program funds institutions that train primary care doctors to provide health care in California’s medically underserved areas. Description: This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to educate and train primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, and pediatric) residents to work in underserved communities. All residency programs shall incorporate the following strategies into their programs: 1. Providing training sites in medically underserved multi-cultural communities, lower socioeconomic neighborhoods, or rural communities, and preparing primary care physicians for service in such neighborhoods and communities. 2. Establishing procedures to identify, recruit, and match primary care residents who possess characteristics which would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need, and who express a commitment to serve in areas of unmet need. 3. Implementing counseling and placement programs to encourage training program graduates to enter practice in areas of unmet need. 4. Providing preceptorship experiences in an area of unmet need to enhance the potential of training program graduates to practice in such an area. Keywords: funding, graduate medical education funding, residency funding, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric

The Lifting Up Small Businesses in Lubbock Grant provides Lubbock, Texas small businesses with $5,000 grants, with 25 businesses selected to receive funding per cycle. Administered through a partnership between Optimum Business and the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, the program is designed to directly support local small businesses, strengthen the Lubbock business community, and foster broader economic growth across the city. Beyond the cash grant, grant recipients who are not current Lubbock Chamber of Commerce members receive a free one-year chamber membership (with the option to renew), while non-selected applicants receive a free six-month chamber membership. As part of the application, business owners must describe how the grant funding would help their business expand while also making a positive impact on the community where they operate. To qualify, applicants must operate a business with a brick-and-mortar location in Lubbock within one of the following eligible zip codes (79401, 79403, 79404, 79407, 79409, 79410, 79411, 79412, 79413, 79414, 79415, 79416, 79423, or 79424), employ 25 or fewer full-time employees, and be willing to participate in promotional materials for the grant program. Lubbock Chamber of Commerce membership and Optimum Business customer status are not considered in the evaluation.

The purpose of this program is to foster greater economic development activity in Texas by encouraging and enabling veteran woman-owned small businesses to undertake new and innovative projects. Five – $5,000 grants for a total of $25,000 are available for this round of funding.

The Seattle Small Business Capital Access Program (CAP) pays down up to $30,000 (or 20% of the loan principal, whichever is less) on qualifying small business loans for Seattle-based businesses. Administered by the Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED), the program is designed to lower the cost of borrowing for small businesses, particularly those that have historically lacked equitable access to financial services. CAP is not a standalone grant application and businesses do not apply directly. Instead, eligibility is evaluated by a participating community lender at the time of loan approval, and qualifying borrowers receive the principal paydown automatically as part of their financing. Because of this, the most important step for interested business owners is knowing to work with one of CAP's participating community lenders when seeking a small business loan; loans from non-participating lenders are not eligible. Participating lenders include Business Impact NW, Rainier Valley Community Development Fund, Seattle Credit Union, MoFi, Grow America Community Impact Loan Fund, Pursuit, Evergreen Business Capital and Community Finance, and Denkyem Co-Op. Paydowns are issued in two installments — one after the borrower makes 12 on-time monthly payments, and a second after 24 on-time monthly payments — and are applied directly to the loan account rather than disbursed to the borrower, effectively reducing the principal owed. To be eligible, businesses must be for-profit, independently owned, located within Seattle city limits, in operation for at least 12 months, have an active City of Seattle Business License, employ no more than 50 full-time equivalent employees, generate annual gross revenue of $2 million or less, and be current on loan payments at the time of the paydown award.

The State Forty Eight Foundation Entrepreneur Grant Program awards Arizona small business owners with grants of up to $10,000 from an annual pool of $50,000 in total grant funding. Administered by the State Forty Eight Foundation, an Arizona-based nonprofit focused on fostering the entrepreneurial spirit across the state, the grant program is designed to help Arizona founders turn insight into investment in their businesses by pairing meaningful capital with the community and connections built during the Foundation's annual Entrepreneur Speaker Series. Eligibility for the grant is tied to participation in the Entrepreneur Speaker Series, a two-day event held annually in Phoenix that brings together Arizona founders, executives, and industry leaders for expert-led sessions on financial discipline, entrepreneur mental health and resilience, marketing strategy, and customer experience. The series is free to attend, with both in-person and virtual livestream options available. To qualify for the grant program, attendees must attend at least one of the two days live (in person or virtually), complete one post-session survey after their attended session, and submit a grant application through the Foundation's online portal. Past grant recipients have used their awards to fund a wide range of business investments, from equipment and inventory to marketing and expansion projects. Grant Info Sessions (virtual workshops for interested applicants) are typically offered ahead of the application deadline, though attendance at these workshops is not required for grant eligibility. Applications are evaluated against a published grading rubric available through the Foundation's website.