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Small businesses are in dire need of assistance as many have been forced to close or rethink operations during the coronavirus outbreak. Those whose operations haven’t been directly affected, have felt its impact through staffing issues or lagging customer demand as the nation locks down to fight Coronavirus. To help you find the funding your business needs to survive, we’re aggregating all available public and private funding options in the easy to navigate tool below.

Find funding immediately available to your business from federal, state, and private sources. We’re updating this page daily with the latest resources available. If you have any questions, please email membership@connectedcouncil.org

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Citizens Bank Small Business Recovery Program

Eligible to Citizenz Bank customers. A total of 134 business across various markets will each receive a grant of $15,000.

SheaMoisture Minority Small Business Fund

SheaMoisture will award minority-owned businesses that are finding creative ways to support their communities through COVID19.

SheaMoisture Minority Small Business Fund

SheaMoisture will award minority-owned businesses that are finding creative ways to support their communities through COVID19.

AssistHER Grant Program

$1 Million Grant Program to Aid Women’s Businesses Hurt by COVID-19

Restaurant Employee Relief Fund

The National Restaurant Association will provide grants to restaurant industry employees who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19, financially, whether through a decrease in wages or loss of employment.

iFundWomen Grant Program

Visa has partnered with IFundWomen to launch a Grant Program in support of women entrepreneurs who are ready to fund, run and grow their small businesses.

Emergency Business for All Grants

Apply for grants up to $50,000 to support business growth, including $10,000 emergency COVID-19 Business for All Grants to help small businesses in crisis.

Zirtue relationship-based lending

During this unprecedented time. Zirtue will offer-month FREE for all new Borrowers starting April 1, 2020.

Thryv Foundation Small Business Grant

To help businesses through the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Thryv Foundation will provide grants through its 2020 Small Business COVID-19 Program. Small- and medium-sized businesses can apply today.

Bartender Emergency Assistance Program

Be a Bartender or the spouse or child of a Bartender. The Bartender Emergency Assistance Program defines a “Bartender” as an individual employed in serving beverages...

Verizon Small Business Recovery Fund

The funding will go to make grants of up to $10,000, especially to entrepreneurs of color, women-owned businesses and other enterprises in historically under-served places who don’t have access to flexible...

Wefunder Emergency Funding

Raise funding from your fans on very generous terms. Payments based on revenue and deferred until 2021. Reward investors with perks when business is back...

RWCF COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund

The Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation formed a COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for small businesses and their restaurant workers

Opportunity Fund Coronavirus Relief Fund

Opportunity Fund is collaborating with investors and nonprofits to put together a coronavirus relief fund that will provide grants and low-interest rate loans...

MainVest Main Street Initiative

MainVest, a crowdfunding platform, announced its new Main Street Initiative: a $2,000, zero-interest, 120 day loan for restaurants or other brick and mortars affected by...

Kiva 0% interest small business loans

Kiva is urging small businesses to apply for 0% interest loans up to $15,000. The company is also offering a longer grace period: new borrowers can access a grace period of up to 6 months.

Gift certificates to support small businesses

Kabbage launched an online hub to help boost sales for U.S small businesses impacted by COVID-19, including a system through which businesses can sell gift cards to consumers for use at a later date.

Food and Beverage Industry Relief Fund

James Beard Foundation started a Food and Beverage Industry Relief Fund to provide micro-grants to independent food and beverage small businesses in need.

GoFundMe Small Business Relief Fund

The GoFundMe.org Small Business Relief Fund will provide micro-grants to qualifying small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Facebook Small Business Grants Program

Facebook is offering $100M in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in over 30 countries where we operate.

Amazon Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund

Amazon announced a $5 million Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund to provide cash grants to local Seattle small businesses.

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