FY2018 SCORE - Synopsis.docx

Synopsis

Funding Properties

Synopsis Dates

Agency Contact for Electronic Access Problems Agency Contact: U.S. Small Business Administration Office Entrepreneurship Education

(202) 205-7007

Eligible Applicants Eligible Applicants: The only eligible candidate is the SCORE Association a recipient organization currently funded under the SCORE program. An application submitted by an entity that is not the SCORE Association will not be considered.

Agency Name U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Award Information Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Expected Number of Awards: 1 Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,500,000 Award Ceiling: $10,500,000 Award Floor: 0

Funding Opportunity Text Description The SBA has issued Funding Opportunity Announcement No. SCORE-2018-01 to invite a non-profit organization certified under § 501(c) - of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and have been providing technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs currently funded under the SCORE program as authorized by the Small Business Act of 1953, Public Law 112-239, enacted 1/3/13, 15 USC § 637(b)(1)(B, C, D and F). Any organization which does not currently have an SCORE Cooperative Agreement with SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education will automatically be considered ineligible and their application will not be evaluated.

SCORE is the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, with more than 10,000 volunteers in 300 chapters designed to provide high quality business and economic development assistance to existing small businesses and nascent (pre-venture) entrepreneurs. SCORE, in partnership with SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education and SBA District Offices is dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship.