
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
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Coronavirus Resources

Owners of small business in Connecticut brace for more pain as shutdown order extends to May 20
Owners of small businesses who have been financially upended by the economic lockdown intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus are bracing for more pain following…

UPS Hosts Webinar To Help Small Businesses Adapt Digital Marketing During Novel Coronavirus
With most consumers sheltered in place, many small and medium-sized businesses are isolated from their customer base. To help them stay connected, UPS (UPS) today announced…

Joining the fight against COVID-19 in NYC
3C member Alex Dabagh is in the heart of the coronavirus pandemic in more ways than one. He lives in New York City, the current epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, and he is a small businessman whose livelihood is at stake as Americans isolate themselves to contain the virus.

Paycheck Protection Program Loans from Square
Whether you’re a sole proprietor, self-employed, a small business owner with employees, or an independent contractor, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) offers low-interest…

A Way Forward for Small Businesses
It will be years before we fully understand the economic impact of the coronavirus, but one thing is painfully clear right now: Small businesses across the country are facing…

Breaking up Big Tech would have left us worse off during the coronavirus quarantine
During the coronavirus and the ensuing societal lockdown, websites that once seemed somewhat trivial such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have become essential sources…

Small-business coronavirus emergency grants no longer available for Whatcom County
The Washington State Department of Commerce announced that it is no longer accepting applications for those grants across several counties due to “overwhelming volume.”

Small-business tool Square to roll out coronavirus stimulus loan applications
Square, the payment tool many small businesses use to process customers’ credit cards, said it will begin rolling out stimulus loan applications to its customers, as part…

The coronavirus shuttered the store but online hat sales are still hot
To many people, Easter and Mother’s Day are “Hat Days,” the Sundays when people show off their new hats at church, brunch, and family dinners…