The purpose of the Fruita Small Business Emergency Assistance Fund is to assist qualifying Fruita small businesses who are facing financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is a partnership between the City of Fruita and the Business Incubator Center. Loans from this fund will provide gap funding for small businesses located within the city limits of Fruita to cover up to two month’s cost of operations.
COVID-19 Loans & Grants
As developments continue to unfold in response to the spread of COVID-19, we know many small businesses have questions about implications in the workplace and funding options to help bolster their businesses during this difficult time. We are compiling relevant tips and resources and information on new funding opportunities and policy developments that we are sharing on our website and through online presentations. We will be posting daily updates to this page with useful information about the ways small businesses can prepare for the impact of COVID-19 on their business and community.
City of Fruita
Fruita Small Business Emergency Assistance Fund
Area served: Colorado Audience: Small Business Owners
Certifiably Green Denver
Certifiably Green Denver Equity Funding
Certifiably Green Denver's Equity Funding helps women and minority-owned small businesses fund their sustainability projects. Applicants for this program must meet the following requirements as a business:
Area served: Denver, Colorado Audience: Small Business Owners
The Ward 8 Community Benevolence Fund
Ward 8 Community Benevolence Fund
Grants will be awarded to businesses, community organizations and 501(c)(3) organizations serving the community at 38th & Chicago in Minneapolis and/or encouraging the success and growth of Black citizens and community harmony. Grants may be awarded for the creation or expansion of a local business and programs that educate business owners or potential business owners. Organizations must show evidence of the significance of the program to local communities in Minnesota.
Area served: Minneapolis, Minnesota Audience: Small Business Owners, Non-profits
Neighborworks
Neighborworks Southern Colorado Emergency Small Business Loan Fund COVID-19
In light of the sweeping impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our small business community, Southern Colorado Community Lending (a subsidiary organization of NeighborWorks Southern Colorado) is responding swiftly to support our local, community businesses. The newly established Small Business Emergency Microloan Program now provides financing needed to strengthen small business enterprises in this time of acute need that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Area served: Southern Colorado, Colorado Audience: Small Business Owners
Invest Atlanta
Atlanta Recovery Loan Program
The Atlanta Recovery Loan Program (ARLP) is a new loan program, offering low-cost loans to help small businesses grow ownership of tangible assets — a major challenge for diverse-owned small businesses — to help them build wealth and avoid displacement due to changing economic conditions.
Area served: Georgia Audience: Small Business Owners