The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $500,000 Congressional Community Project Funding grant (CFDA 59.059) to Baltimore Community Lending, Inc., a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, will support Baltimore Community Lending's efforts to provide financial and technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs in underserved...
Baltimore Community Lending, Inc. was awarded a $1 million Congressional Project Grant from the Small Business Administration's Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) on May 1, 2023. The grant funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives, including programmatic and construction activities, through April 30, 2024. As a Community Development Financial Institution, Baltimore Community Lending will utilize the funding to provide loans, technical assistance,...
This $740,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Baltimore, Maryland over a two-year performance period ending on July 31, 2026. The grantee, the Maryland Department of General Services, will use the award to provide business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, education services,...
The Small Business Administration Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded the City of Baltimore Development Corporation a $1.7 million Project Grant under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The grant will fund small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Baltimore, Maryland from September 1, 2022 through February 28, 2024. Specifically, the City of Baltimore Development Corporation, doing business as Bopa, will use the funding to provide small business...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $632,000 Congressional Grants (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to the Maryland Family Network, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. This federal grant funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the Baltimore metropolitan area over a 2-year period from August 2024 to July 2026. The grant will enable Maryland Family Network to provide comprehensive services to underserved small...
The Small Business Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Mary Harvin Transformation Center Community Development Corporation from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The grant will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Baltimore, Maryland. Specifically, the funding will enable the Mary Harvin Transformation Center to provide programmatic and construction activities to foster small...
The Small Business Administration awarded a $673,000 project grant to World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals to support entrepreneurship and small business development initiatives in Baltimore, Maryland from September 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023. The funding falls under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA #59.059), which provides support for community project funding earmarks designated by Congress to promote small business growth. Deliverables under the award will...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $850,000 Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to the Baltimore Urban League, Inc. to support workforce development and youth leadership programs in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant funding will be used to provide a range of comprehensive community-based services, including skills assessments, adult basic education, technical skills training, job placement assistance, and post-employment retention support to help...
The Small Business Administration awarded a $2.25 million Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The grant funds three regional small business development centers and economic opportunity centers located at the University of Maryland, Carroll Community College, and Salisbury University that provide entrepreneurship and small business development initiatives and...
This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) was provided to Baltimore Community Lending, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant funding will support the organization's efforts to increase the number of microenterprises and enhance the management capabilities of microentrepreneurs in underserved communities within Baltimore City....