Funding Resources
The lists of loans and grants below are updated regularly. Please review the lists carefully, and if you would like assistance with an application for one or more of the loans or grants listed, please complete the Business Counseling Request Form at the bottom of this page.
Loans for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs
For free assistance with applying for these loan programs, please fill out our business counseling request form. We recognize the challenges of being an entrepreneur or a small business owner. We are here to help.
SBA Export Working Capital Loan
GNEC Minority Entrepreneur Fund
Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program
Crowdfunding – Interest Free Loans Up to $15k
Inner City Capital Connections
Cape May County COVID-19 Business Assistance Program
New Jersey Community Capital: Garden State Relief Fund
NJ Economic Development Authority – Financing and Incentives
rare Beauty Brands: Lift Beauty Accelerator (Deadline: July 23rd 2024)
Department of Justice BJA FY24 Visiting Fellows Program (Deadline: July 24th 2024)
Wave x Shorty Elevate Creatives Fund (Deadline: July 31st 2024)
Giving Joy Micro Grant (Deadline: July 31st 2024)
Launch Blue Pre-Seed Accelerator Program for Startups (Opens Late Summer 2024)
2025 PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History (Deadline: August 1st 2024)
2025 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grants for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists (Deadline: August 1st 2024)
The Zappy Awards (Deadline: August 4th 2024)
Department of Health and Human Services New Access Points Grant (Deadline: August 15th 2024)
Xero Beautiful Business Fund (Deadline: August 27th 2024)
Queer to Stay Grant by Showtime, Paramount+ and Human Rights Campaign (Deadline: August 31st 2024)
Boundless Futures Foundation EmpowHer Grants (Deadline: August 31st 2024)
Gold House Ventures Accelerator (Accepting Fall 2024 Interest Forms)
Shea Moisture Grant Programs (Brown Girl Jane Applications Open: Fall 2024)
Honeycomb Credit’s $5,000 Golden Summer Grant (Deadline: September 1st 2024)
Legal Zoom & AO Fund Fast Break for Small Business (Deadline: September 13th 2024)
Social Justice Fund by AJ Muste Foundation (Deadline: October 21st 2024)
Fearless Strivers Grant Contest – Mastercard & Fearless Fund (Deadline- TBD)
American Fellowships Grant AAUW (Deadline: November 1st Every Year)
Career Development Grants by AAUW (Deadline: November 15 Every Year)
Community Action Grants by AAUW (Deadline: December 1st Every Year)
NJEDA Small Business Improvement Grant
NJEDA Small Business Lease Grant
NJEDA eCommerce Support Program
Main Street America & T Mobile Hometown Grant Program (Quarterly)
2024 Kitty Fund Mother-Led Business Grant
$2,000 Sallie Mae Scholarship (Deadline: Monthly)
Corporate Counsel Women of Color Business Grants (Deadline: Rolling)
Kinetic Business Black Business Support Fund (Deadline: Rolling)
Etsy Disaster Relief Grant Application (Deadline: Rolling)
NJEDA Rent Support Grants (Until Funds are Exhausted)
NJEDA-Golden Seeds Angel Investment Resources (Ongoing)
All NJEDA Financing and Incentives Programs
AACCNJ Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance (Free 8-Week Program)
Verizon Small Business Readiness Program
Grassroots Grants for BIPOC Led and Serving Groups (Ongoing)
The Catalyst Fund by Roddenberry Foundation (Rolling Deadline)
Single Mom Stimulus Grant (Deadline: Rolling)
Komen Financial Assistance Program (Deadline: Rolling)
Bevolution Brave Voices Fund (Deadline: Rolling)
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (Rolling Deadline)
Helping Growth-Stage Businesses Succeed by Rutgers Business School
Pulitzer Center Reporting Grants & Fellowships (Rolling Deadline)
Hispanic Digital and Delivery Program by Pepsi (Rolling Deadline)
Wish Local Empowerment Program
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples’
Warrior Rising Vettrepreneur Grant (Rolling Deadline)
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Grants (Rolling Deadline)
IFundWomen of Color – Caress & American Express
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families
Amazon Black Business Accelerator
Fresh Start Business Grant – Bizee (Future Dates Coming Soon)
Young Entrepreneur Scholarship- Bizee (Future Dates Coming Soon)
Point Foundation LGBTQ+ Scholarship Fund Flagship Scholarship (Future Dates Coming Soon)
Point Foundation LGBTQ+ Scholarship Fund Community College Scholarship (Future Dates Coming Soon)
