WI International Market Access Grant

Businesses based in Middletown, Connecticut, and that have been in operation for a minimum of 24 months (among other qualifications) may be eligible for this operating assistance grant. The maximum grant amount will not exceed $5,000 and can be used toward rent, utilities, and other ongoing fixed expenses and operating costs.

The VCEDA Seed Capital Matching Fund provides new, startup, and emerging small businesses in Southwest Virginia's e-Region with dollar-for-dollar matching grants of up to $10,000 to support business launch and early-stage growth. Administered by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA), the program was established in 2017 to address access-to-capital barriers for small businesses in the region and to attract new small businesses from outside the e-Region to relocate there. Since launching, the program has assisted more than 200 new startups and has been credited with a 34-to-1 return on investment in an independent Virginia Tech study. To qualify, applicants must secure dollar-for-dollar matching funds from one or more other sources in at least the amount requested from VCEDA, operate a for-profit business that is no older than one year from the application date, currently employ or plan to employ fewer than 10 full-time employees, and intend to create or retain at least one full-time job within the e-Region within one year of application. Eligible business categories are reviewed and set annually by the VCEDA Board. Applications are typically reviewed twice per year, subject to fund availability. Interested applicants begin the process by working with their local Small Business Development Center (Mountain Empire Community College or Southwest Virginia Community College SBDC), which helps coordinate the application with VCEDA. Applicants are also required to obtain a letter or resolution of support from the county industrial development authority of the county where their project is located, or from the Norton Industrial Development Authority for businesses in the City of Norton.

The Workforce Training Fund Program provides Massachusetts businesses with funding to train current and newly hired employees. Administered by Commonwealth Corporation, the goal of this program is to strengthen business productivity, competitiveness, and the state's pipeline of skilled workers. The program offers four grant pathways tailored to different training needs: the Express Program, which provides fast, smaller-scale grants for just-in-time training using a pre-approved directory of training options and no waiting period between awards; the General Program, which funds larger, customized, strategic training initiatives for employers of any size who work with training vendors of their choice; the General Program ESOL Bridge Grant, which allows organizations that have completed (or are completing) a General Program grant supporting English language learners to continue ESOL training through the standard one-year waiting period; and the Technical Assistance Grant, offered on a limited basis to expand training opportunities for employees.

TRANSFORM is actively anticapitalist and antiracist, continually working to identify and dismantle oppressive systems of power. Funding shouldn’t be the reason you sacrifice your business idea or your professional development. We offer growth-focused wealth redistribution grants of $1,000 to anticapitalist businesses led by social impact focused individuals. In addition to funding, grantees participate in a customized year-long growth-based mentorship program, which includes access to pro bono services from a roster of experts in branding, coaching, skill-based learning, marketing, and more. The TRANSFORM Business Grant is designed to support individuals in systemically marginalized groups who are making social impact and demonstrate financial need. This includes, but is not limited to, BIPOC individuals, individuals who have a disability, formerly incarcerated individuals, and queer, trans, and nonbinary folks.

DHCD provides funding to highly qualified community-based non-profit organizations to develop storefront façade improvement projects in low/moderate income retail/commercial areas in the District of Columbia. Typically, a project is comprised of between ten and twenty-five, preferably concentrated within a few blocks, storefronts selected by the participating non-profit. Qualified business and/or commercial property owners within the targeted area receive matching grants for general repairs/maintenance and for the installation of doors, windows, signs, storefront systems, awnings, and lighting. The non-profit organization provides the business and/or property owners with professional design and construction services throughout the storefront renovation.