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10,000 Small Businesses is a philanthropic initiative launched by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation in November 2009 that pledged $500 million in various aid to small businesses in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. The initiative aims to provide 10,000 small businesses with assistance – ranging from business and ...
The Small Business Innovation Research (or SBIR) program is a U.S. government funding program, coordinated by the Small Business Administration, intended to help certain small businesses conduct research and development (R&D). Funding takes the form of contracts or grants.
Project grants, sometimes referred to as discretionary grants, are awarded competitively. Project grants are the most common form of grants and a large number are found in scientific research, technology development, education (such as Federal Pell Grants), social services, the arts and health care types of assistance. [citation needed] Formula ...
Funding opportunities will vary by location, but here are a few examples of where you might find local and state small business grants. 6. Small Business Development Centers
Four times each year, the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) offers business grants of up to $4,000 to small business owners through its Growth Grants program. Funds can be used for ...
Funding opportunity numbers (FON) is a number that a federal agency assigns to its grant announcement. [7]FON are currently unique within the Grants.Gov System. (An enhancement was recently completed which NO longer allows duplicate funding opportunity numbers within the system .)
There are three primary types of microgrants; one is a small sum of money (~US$50–500) granted to an individual to start an income-generating project, another is a small grant (~$2,000–$10,000) to a community for an impact-oriented project and a third is a small grant to an individual for any cause they see fit.
The Awesome Foundation has funded a wide range of projects including the arts, science, and social causes. Examples include creating a free library system in Chicago using birdhouses, [6] growing mushrooms from phonebooks in Ottawa, [7] creating a free phone service for homeless people in Portland, and theatre for street youth in Edmonton.