How to Apply for and Get Grants for a Small Business?

Updated on November 23, 2009
O.H. asks from San Jose, CA
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I would like to start a small home business. Has anyone been successful in getting a grant for your small business and how did you go about it?

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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Jan, I will take your advice and look into those websites, and I will also check out the website for loans as well. Best wishes to all who are also searching for grants!

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D.E.

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J.T.

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HI O. --

Boy, did you ask at the right time. I just finished submitting a proposal for a $1.75M grant for a 5 year research project.

There are lots of places to look, but start both at www.grants.gov and look and see if any of the available grants apply to the type of work you are doing and then go to www.sba.gov and do the same.

Grants.gov is huge. Applying for a grant is a huge project, but not impossible. Besides just submitting a proposal, you need to register, which takes up to three weeks. Click on the Getting Started button on Grants.gov, and it will walk you through the process. If you find what they call a 'funding opportunity' (a grant you want to apply for), get crackin' on the registration!

Each funding agency (NIH, Department of Ed, etc.) has their own requirements and format you need to follow. Once you find an opportunity that works, download all of the instructions, the funding program, etc., and pour yourself a glass of wine and start reading. Once you have a handle on what to do, start writing up the proposal, and follow the directions for submission.

It's an enormous amount of work, especially the first time, but there are lots of opportunities, so GO FOR IT!

Hope this helps,

J.

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K.S.

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Good Morning!

I am also looking for grants. If you find out any information, please let me know.

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Have a blessed day!

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H.D.

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Hi O. - This is very exciting! Launching a business is such an amazing and liberating thing to do - though it's also very hard work, of course :) I work with Ladies Who Launch (www.ladieswholaunch.com) here in the bay area and we have a lot of members who have gone through the grant and loan process whom I'd be happy to connect you with... we also help our members out with meeting investors - we're actually hosting an investor pitch night this week! Please take a look at our website and you can also come check out one of our local meetings free of charge - we have one in Palo Alto this weekend and other meetings all over the Bay Area throughout the rest of the month.

All the best,

Hazel

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R.D.

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Lenders for Community Development, Small Business Loans.
1-866-299-8173
www.L4CD.org

111 West Saint John St.
Ste 800
San Jose CA 95113

They also have a San Francisco office.

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M.H.

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Hi O., My name is M. H. I joined a home base business. I'm not sure if that is what your inquiry was about. I didn't have to get a grant. I just paid required monies, which I felt was a small amount, to have access to training, see how my business is going, etc. In the business I am in, there is no inventory, no door-to-door, no experience necessary, unlimited growth, ground floor opportunity. Please let me know if you want more information. Thanks.

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B.E.

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