Synopsis.pdf

Synopsis Document Type: Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number: OWBO-2015-02

Opportunity Title: Women’s Business Center Renewal Grant

Opportunity Category: Discretionary

CFDA Numbers: 59.043

Funding Properties Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Activity Category: Business and Commerce

Category Explanation: None

Synopsis Dates Posting Date: February 13, 2015

Close Date: April 13, 2015

Archive Date: May 13, 2014

Close Date Explanation: None

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

Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO)

(202) 205-6673

E-Mail Address: owbo@sba.gov

E-Mail Description: E-mail box for SBA’s OWBO

Eligible Applicants Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility Eligibility Explanation: Only private, 501(c)- certified non-profit organizations that are currently in SBA’s WBC program that will have successfully completed an Initial 5-year WBC project by September 29, 2015 or those centers that will have successfully completed a 3-year Renewal WBC project by September 29, 2015, will be considered.

mailto:owbo@sba.gov

Agency Name: Small Business Administration

Award Information Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Expected Number of Awards: 28

Estimated Total Program Funding 3675000

Award Ceiling: 131250

Award Floor: 0

Funding Opportunity Text Description:

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued Program Announcement No. OWBO-2015-02 to invite private, 501(c)- certified non-profit organizations that are currently in SBA’s WBC program that will have successfully completed an Initial 5-year WBC project by September 29, 2015 or those centers that will have successfully completed a 3-year Renewal WBC project by September 29, 2015, the opportunity to apply for a new 3-year Renewal WBC grant. The SBA Women’s Business Center is a program or project funded, in part, by a grant from the SBA to provide technical assistance to women entrepreneurs, both nascent and established in the areas of finance, management, and marketing, and other areas as defined in Program Announcement No. OWBO-2015-02. A representative number of clients served by a WBC must be socially and economically disadvantaged. The WBC may exist within the framework of a larger economic development organization and may make use of the resources provided by that organization but must be a clearly identifiable separate program or project of that entity. Successful applicants will receive an award in the form of a cooperative agreement for the base year. Two additional option years may be exercised, subject to the availability of funding and the WBC’s performance during the previous year. Program authority is detailed in the Small Business Act, Sections 2(h) and 29 (15 U.S.C. Sections 631(h) and 656), as amended. Award recipients must provide non-federal matching funds as follows: one non-federal dollar for each one federal dollar for years one through three. At least 50% of the non-federal matching funds must be in the form of cash to include program income (e.g., fees generated from services). The remaining 50% may be made up of in-kind contributions.

Link to Additional Information Additional Information URL:

https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo/resources/12967

URL Description: Link to Program Announcement OWBO-2015-02 https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo/resources/12967 https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo/resources/12967