17April 2020
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Now Offering Small Business Grants
4/17/20 Update: If you’ve been denied a PPP loan or have yet to been assigned a loan number before funds ran out, there is still hope for financial assistance.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation just launched the Save Small Business Fund to provide $5,000 grants to as many small business employers as possible.
Here are the qualification criteria for businesses:
- Must employee between 3 and 20 people
- The address on your W9 form must be located within an economically vulnerable community (an easy online check)
- Must have been financially harmed by COVID-19
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims the application process will be short and only take about 10 minutes to complete. All you’ll need to apply is your business’s W9 form and some basic supporting information.
Grants will be awarded weekly until funds are depleted, but you need only apply once to be considered on an ongoing, rolling basis.
Grant applications will open Monday, April 20, 2020 at 3pm EDT/12noon PDT.
You can sign up for application updates and verify that your area qualifies here.
Disclaimer: Maximize Printing is not a financial institution and any financial decisions you or your business undertakes should be made in close consultation with your bank or chosen financial professional. We’re just trying to gather information relevant to small businesses, streamline it and present it to you daily.
Now is the time to support each other and remember that we’re all in this together—and we’ll get through it together.
Tony & Yolanda
Here at Maximize Printing, we are committed to staying open, serving small businesses and delivering all current, future and in-process orders and direct mail campaigns without halt despite COVID-19.