FY2019 SCORE - Synopsis.pdf

Synopsis

Document Type: Grant Notice

Funding Opportunity Number: SCORE-2019-01

Opportunity Title: SCORE

Opportunity Category: Earmark

CFDA Numbers: 59.026

Funding Properties

Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Activity Category: Business and Commerce

Category Explanation: None

Synopsis Dates

Posting Date: September 24, 2018

Close Date: September 26, 2018

Archive Date: October 31, 2018

Close Date Explanation: None

Agency Contact for Electronic Access Problems

Agency Contact: U.S. Small Business Administration

Office Entrepreneurship Education

(202) 205-7007

E-Mail Address: nvbishop@sba.gov

E-Mail Description: E-mail box for SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education

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: $11,500,000

Award Ceiling: $11,500,000

Award Floor: 0

Funding Opportunity Text Description

The SBA has issued Funding Opportunity Announcement No. SCORE-2019-01 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.