The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs Credit Corp Inc. (OAMECCI) was awarded a $309,940 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Microloan Program (CFDA #59.046) to provide microloans and technical assistance to small businesses in Portland, Oregon from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Microloan Program aims to assist women, low-income, and minority entrepreneurs and small business owners in underserved areas lacking access to credit. Through this...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $202,195 Formula Grant under the Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) to the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME), a non-profit organization. The grant funding enables OAME to provide microloans, business training, and technical assistance to start-up, newly established, and growing small businesses, with a focus on women, minority, and low-income entrepreneurs in Portland, Oregon. From 2019 to the present, OAME has utilized over $1...
The federal Project Grant award of $111,187.00 from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) to the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs Credit Corp Inc. supports the organization's delivery of microloans, business training, and technical assistance to start-up, new, and growing small businesses owned by women, minorities, and low-income entrepreneurs in Portland, Oregon. This funding allows the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs to provide...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Program awarded a $223,042 Formula Grant to Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon, a non-profit organization, for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. This grant will enable Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon to provide direct microloans, business training, and technical assistance to start-up, newly established, and growing small businesses, with a focus on supporting women, low-income, and minority entrepreneurs. The SBA Microloan...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $269,622.53 Formula Grant to Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon through the Microloan Program (CFDA #59.046) to provide microloans and business training/technical assistance from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. As the SBA's Microloan Program aims to assist entrepreneurs in areas lacking credit access, Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon will use this funding to deliver micro-level loans (less than $50k) and associated business support services to...
The Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access awarded $200,000 under the Prime Technical Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #59.050) to Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon. The grant period runs from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2022. Through this funding, Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon will provide training and capacity building services to microentrepreneurs in Oregon. Specifically, the organization will work to increase the number of microenterprises in the...
The Small Business Administration Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the National Association of Minority Contractors-Oregon (NAMCOregon) from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2025. The grant funding will support NAMC-Oregon's small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Portland, Oregon under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA #59.059). This federal program provides funding for small business and entrepreneurship programming as well as...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $676,810 Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) Formula Grant to the Seattle Economic Development Fund, a Seattle-based non-profit organization. The grant funds will be used by the Seattle Economic Development Fund to provide microloans up to $50,000 and customized business and financial training to women, low-income, and minority entrepreneurs and small business owners from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The Microloan Program aims to assist those...
The federal Project Grant award SBAHQ24Y0037 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under its Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046). The $119,485.00 award was granted to Micro Enterprise Services Of Oregon (MESO), a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), to deliver microloans, business training, and technical assistance to start-up, newly established, and growing small businesses in underserved communities. MESO focuses on supporting women, low-income, and...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $548,576 Formula Grant under the Microloan Program to the Seattle Economic Development Fund. The grant supports the SBA's Microloan Program (CFDA #59.046), which provides direct loans and grants to eligible non-profit microlenders. The microlenders then use these funds to provide micro-level loans of $50,000 or less, as well as business training and technical assistance, to support small businesses and entrepreneurs in starting, establishing, and...