Project Grant AIDOAAF1400022

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), a program administered by the Administration for Community Living (CFDA 93.433), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Objective ED, Inc. to develop an accessible interactive fiction (AIF) story-based system to help visually impaired (VI) high-school students (ages 14-18) practice and improve their understanding of financial literacy concepts by creating and using a spending plan. The key objectives of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award in the amount of $274,541 to Salus Financial Technology Inc., a minority-owned for-profit business, aims to develop a digital underwriting platform for small dollar loans to serve traditionally underserved borrowers. The platform will use innovative techniques to more effectively assess credit risk and facilitate equitable lending decisions for borrowers who lack access to...

The Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc. (doing business as Entrepreneur Fund) received a $1,591,065 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) to provide microloans up to $50,000 and accompanying technical assistance to support small businesses, particularly those owned by women, minorities, and low-income individuals in underserved communities in northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. As a certified Community Development...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870) to Fresno Community Development Financial Institution, doing business as Access Plus Capital, on June 25, 2025. This grant will enable Access Plus Capital, a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), to establish a microloan revolving fund and provide technical assistance and entrepreneurship training...

The Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc. (doing business as Entrepreneur Fund), a nonprofit financial services organization, was awarded a $2,219,438 Formula Grant by the Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access to support its Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046). This grant will fund Entrepreneur Fund's delivery of small business financing, training, and technical assistance to entrepreneurs across 17 counties in northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin from July 1, 2023 to June 30,...

The Small Business Administration awarded $1,887,658 under the Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Through this Formula Grant, Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs will provide microloans of under $100,000 and business training/technical assistance to start-ups and growing small businesses in 68 Georgia counties. As a Community Development Financial Institution, Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs focuses on...

The Small Business Administration awarded a $226,274 Formula Grant under the Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) to Fresno Community Development Financial Institution, doing business as Access Plus Capital, for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Access Plus Capital will utilize the funding to provide microloans of $100,000 or less and business-based training and technical assistance services to start-up, newly established, and growing small businesses in Fresno, California. As a...

The Enterprise Center Capital Corporation received a $245,677 Formula Grant from the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Capital Access for the Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046). This grant supports the organization's efforts to provide microloans, business-based training, and technical assistance to women, low-income, and minority entrepreneurs, business owners, and other individuals possessing the capability to operate successful business concerns in areas suffering from a lack of...

The Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access awarded Initiative Foundation $200,000 under the Prime Technical Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.050) on September 30, 2021. The one-year project grant will support Initiative Foundation in delivering training and capacity building services to microentrepreneurs through September 29, 2022. Specifically, Initiative Foundation will provide training, technical assistance, and capacity building to disadvantaged entrepreneurs and...

The Economic & Community Development Institute Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access under the Prime Technical Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #59.050). The grant will support the delivery of technical assistance and capacity building services to microenterprises and microentrepreneurs from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2023. Specifically, the funding will be used to provide training to increase the number of...