Eligible small business owners with fewer than 25 employees within the Tahoe-Truckee Airport District who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible businesses must have a “brick-and-mortar” physical presence and fixed expenses. This includes retailers, restaurants, providers of specialty goods and services, and other storefront operations.
Loans & Grants
List of national, state and local resources on funding opportunities. New resources are added as information becomes available.
Sierra Business Council
Resilience Fund – Sierra
Area served: Truckee and North Lake Tahoe, California Audience: Small Business Owners
The San Diego Foundation - Accion
San Diego County COVID-19 Small Business & Nonprofit Loan Program
The San Diego County COVID-19 Small Business & Nonprofit Loan Program (SBNLP) is a collaborative initiative designed to provide low-to-no-interest loans to small businesses and nonprofit organizations and aid in the region’s economic recovery from the coronavirus. This loan program is open to businesses located anywhere within San Diego County.
Eligible businesses can apply for the COVID-19 relief loan today, which has a low interest rate of 1% and no payments for the first six months of the loan.
Area served: California Audience: Small Business Owners, Non-profits
Working Solutions
Small Business Revolving Loan Fund
Working Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of a new Small Business Revolving Loan Fund to serve San Francisco’s District 10. In partnership with Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, the Fund will provide affordable capital and free business consulting to businesses located in Bayview Hunters Point and other D10 neighborhoods (94124, 94134, 94107, 94103, 94110). Funding for this program is made possible by the D10 Implementation Committee. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Area served: California Audience: Small Business Owners
City of Stockton
Storefront Beautification Micro Grant Program
The Storefront Beautification Micro Grant Program offers reimbursable grants of up to $2,000 for businesses located along targeted commercial corridors within city limits. The program assists small business owners to improve their storefronts with the replacement and/or improvements of windows, lighting, paint, awnings, signage and planters and trellises.
Area served: California Audience: Small Business Owners
City of Stockton
Stocked Full of Produce Grant Program
The City’s Stocked Full of Produce Grant Program addresses food insecurity through grant funding to help with infrastructure upgrades to retail stores, to promote the sale and storage of healthier food options. Grants can be used for improvements, such as installing new refrigeration or shelving. Grant funds are available up to $10,000.
Area served: California Audience: Small Business Owners