Cooperative Agreement SBAHQ24B0065

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development provides $15,306,542 to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer the Small Business Development Centers program (CFDA #59.037) from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Under this award, the Illinois SBDC network will provide management counseling, training, and technical assistance to small businesses throughout Illinois through various...

This federal Project Grant award, with ID SBAHQ25B0030, was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) program (CFDA 59.037). The $2,246,973 grant was awarded on January 1, 2025, to the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to establish and operate a regional SBDC network in Illinois. The SBDC program aims to promote growth, expansion, innovation, productivity, and overall improvement within the small...

The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity has been awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061. The 2-year grant, which commenced on Sep 30, 2023, will fund initiatives to increase the number of small businesses in Illinois engaged in exporting and expand export sales for current small business exporters. Key activities to be supported include...

The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). The grant will support DCEO's delivery of services to increase the number of small businesses in Illinois that are exporting and increase the value of exports for those small businesses from September 2022 through September 2024. The STEP program aims to help state...

The University of Illinois was awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program (CFDA 59.058), administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The grant is intended to strengthen the technological competitiveness of small businesses in the U.S. by providing support services to increase their participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The award,...

This $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043), supports the Women's Business Development Center, Inc. (WBDC) in Chicago, Illinois. The funding enables WBDC, a non-profit organization, to deliver comprehensive entrepreneurial development services tailored to women-owned small businesses, with a focus on supporting socially and...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $149,250 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning, a U.S. local government entity operating as S I R P & D C. The grant will support the delivery of business and economic development services to rural communities in Illinois through July 2025. The grant funding will enable Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning to provide...

This $2,657,221 cooperative agreement from the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers program provides management counseling, training, and technical assistance to small businesses in Iowa through January 2023. Iowa State University receives the award and partners with the University of Iowa, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa Western Community College, and Iowa Lakes Community College to deliver services outlined in the Small Business Act. Through this funding, small...

The Small Business Administration awarded Western Illinois University a $400,000 Congressional Community Project Funding grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2024. The grant will provide funding for programmatic and construction activities focused on small business assistance and entrepreneurship. As the place of performance is listed as Macomb, Illinois, it can be...

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation will receive $100,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Small Business Development Centers federal grant program (CFDA 59.037). The funding will support the Indiana SBDC Portable Assistance project from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024. As a subrecipient, the Corporation will deliver management counseling, training, and technical assistance to small businesses...