The Cambridge Small Business E-Commerce Grant is a special grant program providing relief to local businesses heavily impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Donor Name: City of Cambridge
State: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of this grant is to help local Cambridge businesses remain competitive as there was an increase in customer online ordering and shopping due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
Funding Information
Cambridge businesses may be eligible to receive up to $4,000 for e-commerce, software, and/or point of sale systems.
Eligibility Criteria
If your answer to most of these questions is “yes,” you could be eligible for this grant:
- Is your current non-franchise business located and operating in Cambridge, MA?
- Do you have 25 or fewer full-time employees including yourself?
- Did you open your business on or before March 3, 2021?
- Is your business still in operation?
- Can you provide business tax returns or profit and loss statements that your business loss sales/revenue between 2019 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic) or 2020 and 2021?
- Does your business need a website?
- Did your business not have a website prior to March 2021?
- Do you need an e-commerce or online ordering or booking system for your business or your current website?
- Do you need a new point-of-sale, scheduling, or register system that can connect to your website?
- Did you upgrade your business point-of sale system (including software), develop a website, or did you add e-commerce to your website after March 3, 2021? Do you have the paperwork to prove you made these upgrades?
- Do you need training to make sure you can update your e-commerce website on your own?
- Can you complete your website, e-commerce, and/or point of sale system improvements by December 31, 2024?
Businesses NOT eligible for this grant:
- Businesses not located in Cambridge, MA
- Cambridge businesses that recently closed
- Cambridge businesses that have signed a lease, opened, or started on or before April 2021. Businesses must be in operation prior to April 2021.
- Cambridge businesses that cannot provide taxes or sales documents that show a loss of sales/revenues from 2019 and 2021
- Businesses not currently compliant with all federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to zoning, licensing, and permits
- Although cannabis businesses are permitted in the City of Cambridge, the use and possession of cannabis is illegal under federal law for any purpose. Since this is a federally-funded program, cannabis businesses are not eligible for the program
- Businesses that received a City-ARPA Grant (such as the Restaurant-Nightlife Relief Grant or Small Business Relief Grant) and have not provided proof of use for those grants to City staff.
For more information, visit City of Cambridge.
