Project Grant SBAHQ24I0085

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. The award will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the region over the 2-year performance period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2026. The grant funding will enable Michigan Technological University, a public research institution, to provide programmatic activities such as...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded a $579,000 Congressional Grants Program (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to the Central Michigan University Research Corporation. This grant is intended to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the Mt. Pleasant, MI area. The funding will be used to provide business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services, facility upgrades, and community economic...

The Small Business Administration awarded a $200,000 Congressional Earmark Project Grant to the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation to support entrepreneurship and small business development initiatives from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059), which provides funding for small business and entrepreneurship programs including both programmatic and construction activities. With this funding, the Detroit Economic...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $1,000,000 Congressional Grant (CFDA 59.059) to Communities First Inc., a minority-owned non-profit community development corporation in Flint, Michigan, to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the local community. The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to April 30, 2026. Funded activities are expected to include providing business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, and other...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded Central Michigan University Research Corporation a $1,065,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives from May 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024. The SBA funding will allow the Central Michigan University Research Corporation to deliver technical assistance, programmatic support, and construction activities to foster small business growth in Mount...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to the City of Alma, Michigan on October 1, 2024. The funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Alma over a 5-year performance period ending on September 30, 2029. Key activities to be funded include business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services, facility upgrades, and community...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Congressional Grants Program (CFDA 59.059) project grant to Cambridge Local First, Inc. in Cambridge, MA. The award, effective August 1, 2024, will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the local community through January 31, 2026. Typical funded activities under this program include business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services, facility upgrades, and community...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $278,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to the Central Maine Growth Council. The award, effective October 1, 2023, will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the Waterville, ME area through February 28, 2025. The funding will be used to provide a range of programmatic and construction activities, including counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education...

The Small Business Administration awarded a $1 million Congressional Community Project Funding grant to Prosperus Detroit Micro Lending through the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The grant period is from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023 to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Detroit, Michigan. Specifically, Prosperus Detroit Micro Lending will provide microloans and technical assistance to local entrepreneurs to help start and grow small...

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded a $600,000 Congressional Grants Program (CFDA 59.059) project grant to Advocap, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. Through this grant, Advocap will deliver a range of services and initiatives to support small business development and entrepreneurship in east central Wisconsin. The organization's activities will...