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.
- Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Program
- *NEW* Biden-Harris Administration to Begin Accepting Applications on January 9 for SBA Veteran Small Business Certification Program
- Boom & Bucket's Student Scholarship Program (Deadline: June 15th 2023)
- Elizabeth George Foundation Grant for Writers (Deadline: July 1st 2023)
- Applications Open for 2022 Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Art Challenge (Deadline: February 15th 2023)
- The FedEx® Small Business Grant Contest (Opens January 31st 2023)
- Grassroots Grants for BIPOC Led and Serving Groups (Ongoing)
- 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)
- Awesome Without Boarders (Deadline: Rolling)
- Monmouth County Community Development-COVID Small Business and Non-Profit Assistance Program (Deadline: August 31st 2023)
- 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
- Community Action Grants by AAUW (Deadline: December 1st Every Year)
- Fresh Start Business Grant - Incfile (Deadlines: December 31st 2022 and March 31st 2023)
- 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
- 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.
- The Profitability Project Micro Loan for Woman-Owned Businesses
- 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
