Find Funding Assistance & Relief
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 info@connectedcouncil.org
Select Your State:
Sign up to get the latest news and resources for your small business
Coronavirus Resources
U.S. e-commerce adopts a social network strategy from China
Verishop, the luxury e-commerce site created by former Snapchat Chief Business Officer Imran Khan, expects to sell $50 million of gross merchandise volume in 2020…
Appreciation for small businesses drives entrepreneur’s mission in a world of “forced digitization”
Jake Ward started Connected Commerce Council (3C) in 2019 to help small businesses, promoting access to and adoption of digital technologies and tools. His timing could not…
Trump signs extension of PPP small business coronavirus relief fund
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a temporary extension of a subsidy program for small businesses battered by the coronavirus. The legislation extends the June 30…
Illinois opening more centers to support small businesses suffering from COVID-19 aftermath
Seven new state-run centers will open this summer to support Illinois small businesses. The Small Business Development Centers set to launch in July or already opened…
Roanoke County launches small business assistance grant program
Roanoke County is launching a grant program to help local businesses that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic….
Sunrise Coffee: Serving Up Coffee, Community and Connectivity During COVID-19
For Juanny Romeo, coffee has always been brewed with a little bit of hardship and a whole lot of community. A former barista, Juanny opened her first coffee shop on the first day of the Great Recession in 2008. Now, she owns three (soon to be four!) Sunrise Coffee cafes and couldn’t think of anything…
House passes extension of coronavirus small business loan deadline
The House passed a bill Wednesday to extend the deadline to apply for forgivable small business aid through a key coronavirus relief program. The legislation, which the Senate…
Small Businesses Are Optimistic About The Future, Even As They Continue Navigating Covid-19
As small businesses struggle to survive the economic havoc caused by Covid-19, new research shows that small business owners are optimistic about the future. Some 75% of small…
Coronavirus: Thousands of businesses launch online shops as lockdown creates digital economy boom
The COVID-19 crisis has sparked a retail transformation in the UK, with more than 85,000 businesses launching online stores or joining online marketplaces in the last four…
Featured
Breaking Google’s search tools will hurt small businesses — including my family’s restaurant
New legislation hinders data collection for targeted ads. That hurts small businesses
Collateral Damage: How Small Businesses Could Lose Big in the DOJ’s Fight Against Google
