Grants Available for Small Businesses Through the "Backing Small Businesses" Program
Main Street America and American Express are teaming up to support local businesses and entrepreneurs. And we are here to help spread the word!
Apply for a $10,000 grant to go towards growing your business!
The deadline to apply is April 7th, 2024 (9:59 pm PST / 11:59 pm CT) or when 5,000 applications have been received (whichever occurs first). So apply now!
The key criteria is the following:
- The business must be in a "bricks-and-mortar" location and operate in an older or historic main street, downtown, or commercial district in the United States. The business must have occupied their current bricks-and-mortar location since January 1, 2024. (Home-based businesses, even those located in historic neighborhoods, are not eligible. Brick-and-mortar businesses located outside of historic downtowns and commercial corridors, including, but not limited to, office parks and shopping malls are also not eligible.)
- The business must be an independent business and not part of a franchise.
- The business must employ 20 or less full-time employees.
- The business must have been in operation on or before January 1, 2023.
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Please direct all questions about this program to [email protected] or call (708) 515-4889. Thank you!
