Grants for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs
In addition to the funding opportunities on this page, below, we have a robust offering of funding webinars. Click here to see the full schedule.
- Grassroots Grants for BIPOC Led and Serving Groups (Ongoing)
- New Music Creator Fund - New Music USA (Deadline December 15th 2022)
- $25,000 Grants for Your Small Business - HelloAlice (Deadline: January 6th 2023 6:00PM EST)
- Keep it Local Business Fund - nextdoor Foundation & HelloAlice (Deadline: December 16th 2022 6:00PM)
- FemHealth Accelerator for Early-stage Women-owned Companies (Deadline: January 27th 2023)
- The Fiverr Logo Maker Scholarship (Deadlines: January 31, 2023, April 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023)
- Single Mom Stimulus Grant (Deadline: Rolling)
- Komen Financial Assistance Program (Deadline: Rolling)
- Bevolution Brave Voices Fund (Deadline: Rolling)
- Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (Deadline:
- Awesome Without Boarders (Deadline: Rolling)
- Movement Grant Programs BIPOC Fitness (Deadline: January 1st 2023)
- The Puffin Foundation Grant Reward Program (Deadline:
- Monmouth County Community Development-COVID Small Business and Non-Profit Assistance Program (Deadline: August 31st 2023)
- The Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund - Hello Alice & Door Dash (Deadline: December 30th 2022)
- Main Street America & T Mobile Hometown Grant Program (Deadline: December 31st 2022)
- Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (Year Round)
- Hispanic Digitial and Delivery Program by Pepsi (Rolling Deadline)
- American Fellowships Grant AAUW (Deadline: November 1st Every Year)
- Career Development Grants by AAUW (Deadline: November 15, 2022 11:59 PM PST)
- Research Publication Grants in Engineering, Medicine and Science by AAUW (Deadline: December 1st Every Year)
- Minority Business Grant by Galaxy of Stars
- Wish Local Empowerment Program
- Bergen County American Rescue Plan Small Business Relief Grant Program (Deadline: FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, ONLY 1000 GRANTS WILL BE REWARDED)
- Community Action Grants by AAUW (Deadline: December 1st Every Year)
- Johnnie Walker First Strides Grant Program - IFundWomen and Johnnie Walker (Deadline: December 31st 2022)
- Make A Market Tech Challenge - EPA (Deadline: December 31st 2022)
- Fresh Start Business Grant - Incfile (Deadlines: September 30th and December 31st 2022)
- Young Entrepreneur Scholarship- Incfile (Deadlines: September 20th and December 31st 2022) (Deadline
- Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
- Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund (Deadline- First Come First Serve)
- A Digital Funding Solution for Women of Color - HerSuiteSpot (Monthly Cycles)
- IFundWomen of Color - Caress & American Express
- AT&T Black Future Maker Contest (Deadline- Last Day of Each Month Until December 31st 2022)
- Fearless Strivers Grant Contest - Mastercard & Fearless Fund (Deadline- Last Day of Each Month until December 31st 2022)
- FTG COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant
- NJEDA Small Business Improvement Grant
- NJEDA Small Business Lease Grant
- Amazon Black Business Accelerator
- SoGal Black Founder's Grants
- Amber Grant
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.
- Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program
- LISC Loan Programs
- Crowdfunding - Interest Free Loans Up to $15k
- UCEDC Offers Second Round of 0% Working Capital Loans for COVID-19 and Flood Crisis Relief
- Inner City Capital Connections
- IFundWomen & Newity - 7(a) Working Capital Loan Assistance
- GNEC Entrepreneurs of Color Fund Newark
- Cape May County COVID-19 Business Assistance Program
- AACC & NJCC Equitable Small Business Initiative
- New Jersey Community Capital: Garden State Relief Fund
- NJ Economic Development Authority - Financing and Incentives
- GNEC Dream Maker Loan
- SBA Disaster Loan Assistance
