The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development awarded $300,000 to Grand Rapids Opportunities For Women (GROW) dba Grow, through the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). Under this one-year Project Grant ending September 2023, Grow will provide training and counseling services to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Women's Business Ownership Assistance program aims to fund...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043) to Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (Grow), a non-profit community development organization located in Grand Rapids, MI. This grant funding will support Grow in delivering comprehensive entrepreneurial development services to women-owned small businesses, with a particular emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged women...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $111,494 Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) project grant to Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (Grow), a nonprofit community development organization located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The grant, with a performance period from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, will enable Grow to provide microloans up to $50,000 and associated technical assistance to support women, minority, and low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners in the West...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $116,453 Formula Grant on July 1, 2023 to Grand Rapids Opportunities For Women (GROW), doing business as Grow, under the SBA Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046). The funding enables Grow, a non-profit women's business center and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), to provide microloans up to $50,000 and business training, counseling, and technical assistance to start-up, newly established, and growing small businesses, with a focus on...
The Small Business Administration's Microloan Program provided $261,348 in formula grant funding to Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The Microloan Program (CFDA #59.046) aims to assist women, low-income, and minority entrepreneurs through direct loans and business training/technical assistance services. As the awardee, GROW will utilize the funding to provide micro-level loans of under $50,000 and business development support services to start-up,...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded $389,752 under the Microloan Program (CFDA #59.046) to Grand Rapids Opportunities For Women (GROW) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. This Formula Grant funding will enable GROW to provide microloans and business training/technical assistance services to start-ups, new, and growing small businesses in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The SBA Microloan Program aims to expand access to credit and build small business capacity in underserved communities...
The Great Lakes Women's Business Council (GLWBC) was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043). The grant, effective September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024, will enable GLWBC to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically...
The Great Lakes Women's Business Council (GLWBC) was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration's Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). Through this three-year award beginning September 30, 2022, GLWBC will provide training and counseling services to small businesses owned and controlled by women in Livonia, Michigan. The grant funds will support GLWBC's efforts to assist women...
This $510,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program supports the efforts of Grand Rapids Opportunities For Women (Grow), a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and non-profit organization. The grant will enable Grow to provide microloans up to $50,000, as well as comprehensive business training, counseling, and technical assistance services to start-up and growing small businesses, with a...
This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2023 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) will fund Communityworks, a non-profit Community Development Corporation, to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance services to support small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The goal is...