The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking applications for its Women’s Business Center Application Readiness and Procurement Assistance Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/07/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide grant funding for organizations to establish Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) to assist women entrepreneurs with application readiness for certification in the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Programs, procurement assistance, and entrepreneurial development.
Objective and Projects
The objective of this FOA is to benefit women entrepreneurs through three distinct projects. WBC Project
- Certification Training and Application Preparation Assistance
- WBC Project 1 will provide expert level training, coaching, and technical assistance to women entrepreneurs related to eligibility and certification for the WOSB and EDWOSB programs.
- WBC Project 2 – Government Contracting Training
- WBC Project 2 will provide expert level training, coaching, and technical assistance to help women business owners be prepared to win Federal government contracts
- WBC Project 3 – Distinct Project(s) Designed by the Applicant
- WBC Project 3 allows Applicants to use innovation and creativity to propose additional WBC projects that benefit WOSBs and EDWOSBs seeking to grow in the Federal government marketplace.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $150,000
- Award Floor: $75,000
Project Period
Awards will be made for up to a five (5)-year period of performance, consisting of a base period of twelve (12) months from the date of award and four (4) option periods of twelve (12) months each.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for this FOA, Applicants must be a private, non-profit organization certified under 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and have experience providing technical services to women, with a special emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal
Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (NHSIs), Alaska Native Serving Institutions (ANSIs) of higher learning with existing minority entrepreneurship or related programs, and 501c entrepreneurial development organizations that serve designated Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) are encouraged to apply. To the extent that they satisfy all eligibility criteria the same as all other Applicant organizations, religious organizations are entitled to compete for Federal financial assistance (grants and/or cooperative agreements) used to support government programs. Generally, such organizations are not required to alter their religious character to participate in a government program, nor to cease engaging in explicitly religious activities outside the program, nor effectively to relinquish their
Federal statutory protections for religious hiring decisions.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
