If you are a female veteran in Texas who is starting or currently owns an existing business, you may qualify for the CWE’s Veteran Woman Entrepreneur Grant program.
Donor Name: Texas Woman’s University
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of this program is to foster greater economic development activity in Texas by encouraging and enabling veteran woman-owned small businesses to undertake new and innovative projects.
Funding Information
5 grants of $5,000 each will be awarded to qualified Texas women veterans. This grant program is aimed specifically at helping veterans and is open to women entrepreneurs throughout Texas.
What can the funds be used for?
- Purchase of machinery, equipment, or technology
- Addition or acquisition of new inventory or raw materials
- Purchase and installation of fixtures or display units
- Property improvements that will result in additional business
- Marketing or advertising campaigns
- Any other business-related activity that CWE deems is aligned with the stated purpose of this program.
Who can apply?
Eligible businesses must satisfy all of the following conditions:
- Existing or to-be-formed veteran woman-owned business (at least 51% directly owned and controlled by one or more veteran women who are U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents). The business must be a for-profit corporation, partnership, LLP or LLC, or sole proprietorship. Not-for-profit corporations or similar nonprofit entities are not eligible.
- Honorably Discharged, General Discharge under honorable conditions, Active duty in a military transition assistance program (with approved discharge date), Reservist/National Guard.
- If the business or business owner owns the premises from which the business operates, all property taxes must be current.
- All sales, payroll, and other taxes must be current.
- Business must be located and operated within the state of Texas.
- Business owners/partners must not have any felonies or convictions for a crime of dishonesty or breach of trust.
- The business, business owner, and the applicant must not be involved in any pending or current litigation.
- The business, business owner, and applicant are operating with all required permits and licenses and are conforming to all required laws.
Ineligible Applicants
- TWU faculty/staff (or any immediate family member of the applicants family, including spouse, child, parent), trustee, advisory committee member.
- TWU Students are not eligible to apply.
- Prior grant winners of any CWE grant.
- Applicants who have taken part in any CWE program in the last year including AccelerateHER, TechFW or NTEETC awardees.
For more information, visit Texas Woman’s University.
