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Child Care Provider Grant in North Dakota

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:34:22 +0000

The North Dakota Department of Commerce is accepting grant applications from child care providers. These grants are intended to assist North Dakota child care providers with infrastructure and technical assistance/business plans.

Eligibility
Profit, non-profit and public child care facilities that are licensed are eligible for the program. Faith based organizations are eligible but must follow all appropriate federal guidelines.

Match Requirement
There is a twenty five percent (25%) match requirement for the grant. For example, if the total project cost is $1,000; Commerce can provide up to $750 for the project. Match must be cash and can come from other public and private sources or a combination of public and private sources.

Eligible Uses/Maximum and Minimum Amounts
Maximum of $5,000 for egress windows or documented expansion of the facility and equipment for special needs children. To receive the $5,000 grant, facilities must provide $1,667 in matching funds from other private/public sources. Fences can be funded. However, there is a maximum amount of $3,000 that Commerce will allocate to fences.

Non-eligible use of funds includes all other uses.

Maximum of $10,000 for technical assistance and/or business plans. To receive the $10,000 grant, facilities must provide $3,334 in matching funds from other private/public sources.

Applicants can access both options to a maximum program amount of $15,000 per biennium. Applications submitted for less than $750 will not be considered.

The next deadline is March 31, 2010.

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Business Grant in Rochester New York

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:49:04 +0000

The 2010 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest is now open for applications from early stage companies, representatives of High Tech Rochester announced this week.

Eligible applicants are for-profit businesses with a scalable concept and high-growth potential, and with less than $250,000 in outside cash investment and less than $500,000 in cumulative revenue excluding research grants.

Companies must register and submit a contest application no later than March 5. Registration fee is $150 per company.

Contestants are eligible for $50,000 in cash and business service prizes, with a first-place cash prize of $25,000.

Five finalists will be selected April 9, and the awards luncheon is April 30.

Go to the website to learn more

Business Grant Available in Binghamton New York

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:40:57 +0000

If you would like to start a new business in Binghamton, New York, you should consider entering the business plan competition offered by the Binghamton Local Development Corporation and the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program. This is the second annual contest and a $5,000 grant is ready to be awarded.

There is a free workshop on March 13th at BCC. For more information about the rules and application process, call the BCC Continuing Education Department at 778-5102

Grant to Open a Restaurant in Iowa

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:28:18 +0000

The Upper Iowa University is currently accepting grant applications from entrepreneurs who are interested in starting up, managing and operating a sports lounge in Fayette, Iowa.

The two-story restaurant and sports lounge will be located in a newly constructed, University-owned property on Fayette’s Main Street. In addition to a $40,000 cash award from the UIBD grant, the successful applicant is eligible for additional assistance in the form of rent abatement.

The application deadline for this opportunity is March 1, 2010 BUT anyone interested in obtaining a grant to open or operate a business in Fayette should still contact this program director because there will be other grants available.

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Start Up Business Grants

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:18:53 +0000

The South Bay Center for Counseling in El Segundo, California has mini-grants available to help start up your business. They also have micro-loans of $1,000 and small business loans up to $5,000 depending on cash flow and other criteria.

Another big help are their small business development training and support services. Part of the training even includes developing your business plan!

Find out more about what they have to offer

Idea Cafe Business Grant

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:59:20 +0000

Idea Cafe is accepting applications for its 9th Cash Grant for Small Businesses. They will be awarding a grant of $1,000 to one winner. Anyone who currently owns a business or is planning to start one is eligible to apply.

Their website has a lot of resources and information for anyone involved with starting or running a business, so I suggest you check it out even if you don’t want to apply for the small business grant.

Go to the website!

Wisconsin Trade Show Grants

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:46:20 +0000

The Wisconsin Department of Commerce offers a Trade Show Grant Program. Under the program, Wisconsin companies can be reimbursed up to $5,000 for specific expenses for participating in an approved trade show or matchmaker trade delegation event. Eligible shows must be outside the United States with one exception. Wisconsin companies marketing new hi-tech products with worldwide application may be approved for shows held within the United States which have significant international participation.

A company can be approved for no more than $5,000 in a 12-month period and no more than a maximum of $15,000 under this program. A company must apply to the trade show grant program and be approved prior to attendance; the program is not designed to reimburse companies for attendance at trade shows prior to signature of a grant contract.

Go to the website for more information and application

Green Skills Grants Available

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:01:11 +0000

Grant money is available for projects providing training in green skills and/or create jobs that will use those skills, but partnerships will be key in qualifying for a new round of funding from the Dan River Region Collaborative.

The collaboration is a regional funding entity that includes the Community Foundation of the Dan River Region, the Danville Regional Foundation, the Harvest Foundation, the J.T.-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust and the Virginia Tobacco Commission.

The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region reviews the proposals submitted for the grants. Funding decisions are based on what the foundation calls “partnership readiness and response to the selection criteria” in its news release about the grant availability.

Green skills can cover a very wide range of possible job and training sectors, and can include fields in energy efficiency, renewable energy, biofuels, alternative transportation, recycling and agriculture.

The application deadline is February 10, 2010

Learn more!

Small Business Grants

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:45:30 +0000

The Miami-Dade Community Action Agency is offering Micro Enterprise Grants of $5,000 to help low-income small business owners throughout the county. Grants will be awarded through a competitive process in each of the 13 Miami-Dade County Commission districts.

Qualifying applicants must be a low-to-moderate income small business owner (200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines) and have a business with no more than five employees including the owner.

The application deadline is January 20, 2010.

Go to the website for more info and an application packet

Clean Energy Business Grant

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:25:18 +0000

The Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization, a nonprofit headquartered at Incline Village, is accepting proposals for development and commercialization of clean energy innovations. NIREC provides funding up to $100,000 for technology development and pre-commercialization activities and an additional $50,000 in business planning assistance.

The statement of intent is due January 18, 2010. The grant proposal is due February 15, 2010.

Go to the website for guidelines and application