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
Georgia

The Decatur Downtown Development Authority

Commercial Grants Program for Small Business

The Decatur Downtown Development Authority is offering three grant programs to help small businesses with exterior enhancements, interior improvements, and marketing needs. Each grant is open for applications on a quarterly basis.

Area served: City of Decatur, Georgia
Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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State loan/grant programs
Delaware

Export Delaware

Compass Grant

The Compass Grant helps Delaware small businesses navigate international business development through grant funding to support marketing and sales activity around the world.


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

City of Long Beach and National Development Council Grow America Fund

Grow Long Beach Fund

Loans between $100,000 to $2 million are available for businesses that have been operating in Long Beach for at least two years.


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

Long Beach

Kiva Long Beach Loan Program

The Kiva Long Beach Loan Program is an online community-lending program that is designed to support Long Beach small businesses with loans between $500 to $15,000,


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

City of Long Beach

Microenterprise Loan Program

The Microenterprise Loan Program is designed to support Long Beach small businesses with loans between $25,000 to $100,000 available.

Area served: Long Beach, California
Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Open, no end date posted
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National Resources

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Government loan/grant programs
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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
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Founders First CDC

Kitty Fund Mompreneur Business Grant

The Kitty Fund makes small micro investments in Moms who are running employer-based small businesses with two or more employees. 

Audience: Small Business Owners
Application closed
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Government loan/grant programs
National

MIT Solve

2024 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

MIT Solve seeks exceptional innovators supporting community-based solutions by and for Indigenous communities across the United States and Canada. All Solver teams selected for Solve’s Global Challenges and the Indigenous Communities Fellowship will receive a $10,000 grant funded by Solve.


Audience: Small Business Owners
Application deadline: Thursday, April 18, 2024
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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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