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Luzerne County Small Business Sustainability Grant

County,State: Luzerne County, PA

Type/Date: Grant/Rolling

Max Amount: $10,000

The program is for for-profit businesses based in and currently operating in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees.

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Grow Nebraska Small Business Grant

State/Country: Nebraska/USA 

Type/Date: Grant/Rolling 

Max Amount: $25,000

To be eligible to receive a grant through the Nebraska Small Business Assistance Act an applicant must be a for-profit business based in Nebraska.

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Motor City Match Grant

State/Country: Michigan/USA

Type/Date: Grant/Rolling 

Max Amount: $100,000

Motor City Match is designed to assist Detroit entrepreneurs at critical stages of their business development - from idea to open. Technical Assistance and Financial Assistance grants available.

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Foot Locker Foundation Grants

State/Country: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, Oakland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington D.C./USA

Type/Date: Grant/ Closed 9/30/2024

Max Amount: $100,000

Foot Locker Foundation, Inc. and LISC are offering grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 to nonprofit organizations in 13 cities.

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Certifiably Green Denver

State/Country: Denver, CO/USA 

Type/Date: Grant/ Rolling 

Max Amount: $10,000

Grants are available to help minority and/or women-owned small businesses become more sustainable. Businesses can apply for up to $10,000.

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Pitch Elk Grove Contest

State/Country: Elk Grove, CA/USA 

Type: Grant/Closed 7/15 annually 

Max Amount: $20,000

The City of Elk Grove, in collaboration with StartupSac, launched Pitch Elk Grove in 2022. Pitch Elk Grove will provide innovative, investable startups with the opportunity to showcase their companies in-person at a pitch event to take place Thursday, September 19, in Elk Grove.

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Bakersfield Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Technical Assistance and Grant

State/Country: Bakersfield, CA/USA

Type/Date: Grant/Rolling

Max Amount: $40,000

The City of Bakersfield Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Technical Assistance and Grant Program is a visionary initiative aimed at providing crucial support to local minority-based businesses in need.

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Compass Grant

State/Country: Delaware/USA

Type/Date: Grant/Rolling 

Max Amount: $10,000

Delaware small businesses may apply for a Compass Grant to support international travel or business development activities. This grant will have greater flexibility than previous programs. Compass grant funds can be used to reimburse up to 50 percent of all pre-approved, eligible, international marketing expenses.

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Utah SBA STEP Grant

State/Country: Utah/USA 

Type/Date: Grant/Rolling 

Max Amount: $15,000

The SBA State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Grant is a cost-reimbursement grant for Utah based small businesses looking to expand into dynamic global markets.

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Backing the B.A.R grant (NAACP and Bacardi)

State/Country: Open to all US States

Type/Date: Grant/closes 7/30/2024

Max Amount: $10,000

Backing the B.A.R. is a NAACP initiative that is awarding acceleration grants, education, support, and entrepreneurship solutions for Black-owned bars, restaurants, nightclubs, lounges, liquor stores, and small businesses in the process of applying for a liquor license.

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Texas Workforce Commission- Skills for Small Business

State/Country: Texas, USA 

Type/Date: Grant/ Rolling through 2024

Max Amount: n/a

The Skills for Small Business grant supports businesses with fewer than 100 employees. The program focuses on training new and incumbent workers. Small businesses can apply to Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) for training provided by a local community college. TWC will process the application and work with colleges to fund the courses. The business is then able to select the courses to customize training to their needs.

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Albany Small Business Vitality Program

City/State: Albany, NY

Type/Date: Grant Rolling  

Max amount: $15,000

Round two of this grant program will help Albany-based for-profit business owners in six categories: COVID Recovery, Entrepreneur Class/Program Tuition, Technical Assistance, Marketing, Equipment/Supplies, and small-scale Façade Improvements.

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BMO Community Giving Grant

Country: Canada Specfic 

Type/Date: Grant - Closes 3/31 reopens 8/1

Max Amount: Unknown

BMO has a long history of supporting registered charities and non-profit organizations. Funding applications are accepted online and are considered if you have a program or project that aligns with their focus areas and meets their eligibility criteria

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Black Ambition Prize

Country: USA 

Type/Date: Investement - apps due 5/2/2025

Max Amount: $100,000

Black Ambition seeks to support entrepreneurs from backgrounds that have historically been overlooked by venture capital funding. Founders from any background traditionally overlooked in venture capital funding may apply regardless of race.

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J.M.K. Innovation Prize

Country: USA 

Type/Date: Grant - Apply by 4/25/25

Max Amount: $150.000

The J.M.K. Innovation Prize seeks to identify and support bold problem-solvers leading transformative, early-stage projects in the fields of heritage conservation, the environment, and social justice. The process is open to individuals or teams representing nonprofit or mission-driven for-profit organizations within the United States.

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TD Charitable Foundation Grants

Country: USA

Type/Date: Grant closes 5/30/2025

Max Amount: $100,000

The TD Charitable Foundation’s Capacity Building Fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations in TD Bank’s U.S. market areas for training, talent, tools, and tactics to further help their programs succeed.

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Rémy Martin This is My City Grant

Country: USA

Type/Date: Grant closes 4/11/2025

Max amount: $20,000

Are you an emerging creative making a notable cultural impact in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, or New York City? Rémy Martin’s This is My City grant program is seeking visionary artists, musicians, designers, and entrepreneurs who are making an impact in their communities.

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U.S. Venture/Schmidt Family Foundation Grant

State/Country: US All states 

Type/Date: Apply quarterly July, October

Max Amt: $5,000

The Program Grants will be awarded to help the disadvantaged, improve the quality of people’s lives, and strengthen our communities. The Foundation will consider a broad range of requests including specific program needs, capital or general operating support. A charitable organization will typically receive no more than one program grant per calendar year.

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Fund Her Future Program

State/Country: US 

Type/date: Grant/ due by 5/30/2024

Max Amt: $100,000 

This program recognizes six women-owned small businesses with high growth and community impact potential.

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Emergent Ventures Grant/Fellowship Application

State/Country: Open Globally 

Type/Date:  Grants and Fellowships /Rolling

Max Amount: Varies 

Emergent Ventures, a fellowship and grant program from the Mercatus Center, seeks to support entrepreneurs with highly scalable, “zero to one” ideas for meaningfully improving society. Projects will either be fellowships or grants: fellowships involve time in residence at the Mercatus Center in Northern Virginia; grants are one-time or slightly staggered payments to support a project.

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