Working Washington Grants for Non-Profit and For-profit Small Businesses

Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce

State: Washington

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/09/2022

Grant Size: up to a $75,000

Details:

The program’s focus is to offer targeted relief in the form of one-time grants to for-profit and non-profit small businesses that can demonstrate financial hardship due to the pandemic and experienced a reduction in business income or activity due to Covid-19 and related public health measures.

In this round of grants, portions of the available funds are set aside for specific sectors:

• 60%of the funding is identified for the arts, heritage, and science sectors, including those that operate live entertainment venues
• 40% of the fundingis identified for most other sectors, including hospitality, fitness and personal services

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be an active business or nonprofit
  • Non-profit organizations are eligible to receive funding if they have a primary business activity that is similar to the eligible businesses who qualify for this program
• Have not reported annual gross receipts of more than $5,000,000 in calendar year 2019
• Have expenses that are necessary to continue business operations and the expense is not a federal, state, or local tax, fee, license, or other government revenue
• Must self-attest that expenses are not funded by any other government or private entity
• Has not violated any public health guidance or directives
• If using the funds to reopen, must demonstrate the business was actively engaged in business, and as a result of the governor’s proclamations 20-25.8 through 20-25.12, temporarily totally closed operations
• Eligible businesses may receive up to a $75,000 grant, Commerce is permitted to reduce prior Working Washington grants and/or prioritize those who have not yet received a grant

For more information, visit Washington State Department of Commerce.