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Small Business Administration Grant and Loan Programs
Many of the SBA programs offering Small Business Grants, Loan Programs and Counseling Programs are offered through state agencies.
Programs For Small Business
8(a) Business Development Program
Small Business Administration
To foster business ownership by individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged; and to promote the competitive viability of such firms by providing business development assistance in...more
Small Business Administration
7(j) Technical Assistance
Small Business Administration
The purpose of the program is to provide Business Development Assistance for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Businesses. SBA performs this mission by entering into grants, cooperative agreemen...more
Small Business Administration
Disaster Assistance Loans
Small Business Administration
To provide loans to the victims of declared disasters for uninsured or otherwise uncompensated physical damage....more
Small Business Administration
To provide loans to the victims of declared disasters for uninsured or otherwise uncompensated physical damage....more
Procurement Assistance to Small Businesses
Small Business Administration
To assist small business in obtaining a "fair" share of contracts and subcontracts for Federal government supplies and services and a "fair" share of property sold ...more
Small Business Administration
To assist small business in obtaining a "fair" share of contracts and subcontracts for Federal government supplies and services and a "fair" share of property sold ...more
Small Business Investment Companies
Small Business Administration
To establish privately owned and managed investment companies, which are licensed and regulated by the U.S. Small Business Administration; to provide equity capital and long term loan funds to small b...more
Small Business Administration
To establish privately owned and managed investment companies, which are licensed and regulated by the U.S. Small Business Administration; to provide equity capital and long term loan funds to small b...more
7(a) Loan Guarantees
Small Business Administration
To provide guaranteed loans from lenders to small businesses which are unable to obtain financing in the private credit marketplace, but can demonstrate an ability to repay loans if granted, in a time...more
Small Business Administration
To provide guaranteed loans from lenders to small businesses which are unable to obtain financing in the private credit marketplace, but can demonstrate an ability to repay loans if granted, in a time...more
Surety Bond Guarantees
Small Business Administration
To guarantee surety bonds issued by commercial surety companies for small businesses unable to obtain a bond without an SBA guarantee. The guarantees range between 70 and 90% and cover losses and expe...more
Small Business Administration
To guarantee surety bonds issued by commercial surety companies for small businesses unable to obtain a bond without an SBA guarantee. The guarantees range between 70 and 90% and cover losses and expe...more
Service Corps of Retired Executives
Small Business Administration
To use the management experience of retired and active business management professionals to counsel and train potential and existing small business owners. All client counseling information is confide...more
Small Business Administration
Small Business Development Centers
Small Business Administration
To provide management counseling, training, and technical assistance to the small business community through Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)....more
Small Business Administration
504 Certified Development Loans
Small Business Administration
To assist small business concerns by providing long-term, fixed-rate financing for fixed assets through the sale of debentures to private investors....more
Small Business Administration
To assist small business concerns by providing long-term, fixed-rate financing for fixed assets through the sale of debentures to private investors....more
Federal Agencies with Active Grants for Small Business
Featured Government Grant Resources
Financing Your Education with Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants assist those undergraduate students enrolled in a postsecondary education that cannot afford their educational expenses without financial assistance. The grant is in place to help them meet their educational expenses to the successful completion of a postsecondary degree.
National Endowment for the Arts: Literature Translation Fellowship 2012
The National Endowment for the Arts has constituted the Literature Fellowship for Translation Projects grant. The grant provides fellowships for published translators as they translate specific works of prose, poetry or drama.
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Bicycles for the People in Rural Mozambique
Mozambikes, a for-profit social venture, was formed during a road trip across Mozambique. The founders of Mozambikes aim to improve the quality of life among rural Mozambicans by providing low-cost, efficient personal transportation.
