The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $550,000 Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. The grant funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Rhode Island over a 2-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, as the official economic development organization for the state, will use the federal grant funds to provide comprehensive...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. The award duration is from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2026. The funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Rhode Island, including providing business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services, facility upgrades, and community economic development projects....
The Small Business Administration awarded a $1 million Congressional Community Project Funding grant to the Rhode Island Black Business Association through the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The grant will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Providence, Rhode Island from September 2022 through December 2024. As the place of performance, the Rhode Island Black Business Association will deliver technical assistance, training programs, and other...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $360,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to Social Enterprise Greenhouse, a non-profit organization based in Providence, Rhode Island. The funding will support the organization's efforts to provide comprehensive business development services, training, and technical assistance to underserved small business communities, including minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and rural enterprises. Through this...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $300,000 Congressional Grants (CFDA 59.059) project grant to the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The grant supports small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the Providence, RI area. Typical funded activities under this federal grant program include business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services, facility upgrades, and community economic development projects. This award...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $232,000 Congressional Grant (CFDA 59.059) to Social Enterprise Greenhouse, a non-profit organization, to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Providence, RI. This funding will enable Social Enterprise Greenhouse to provide tools, training, counseling, and other support services to social enterprises and underserved entrepreneurs through its programming from August 2023 to July 2024. In 2021, Social Enterprise...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $5.2 million Project Grant to Skills For Rhode Island's Future under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The grant will support the establishment of the Rhode Island Small Business Development Hub to provide human resources, legal, finance, accounting, marketing and other professional services to small businesses statewide. Services will be available to small businesses in Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence and Washington...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $1,455,000 Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to Hope & Main, a woman-owned, non-profit culinary business incubator located in Warren, Rhode Island. The award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to January 31, 2028, will support Hope & Main's efforts to provide shared commercial kitchen facilities, business development resources, and technical assistance to its 130 member food and beverage...
The University of Rhode Island received a $2.3 million cooperative agreement award from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Small Business Development Centers federal grant program (CFDA 59.037) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Through this funding, the University of Rhode Island will provide management counseling, training, and technical assistance services to small businesses in Kingston and South Kingstown, Rhode Island...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to the Rhode Island Black Business Association (RIBBA), a non-profit organization located in Providence, RI. The grant, which spans from November 2024 to October 2026, will enable RIBBA to deliver comprehensive microbusiness technical assistance programs in collaboration with the City of Providence. The funding will allow RIBBA to provide a range of support services,...