Need help with growing your sales or accessing funds? Need help with your business plan or getting your finances in good order? If yes, then apply for the Business Grant.
Donor Name: Michigan Small Business Development Center
State: Michigan
County: Washtenaw County (MI)
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 01/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 8 weeks
Details:
Uplift Michigan-Washtenaw is an 8-week program that offers personal business coaching from a Michigan SBDC consultant, easy-to-use training content, and support from your peers and an SBDC mentor. This program gives you proven tools and expert guidance to strengthen your business and help you successfully grow!
The program has 3 main parts:
- Weekly webinar training (2 hours per week)
- from an on-demand library. Content includes topics such as Writing your Business Plan, Budgeting Basics, Marketing Your Business, How to Win at Social Media and much more! You can access the training sessions at your convenience, anytime, anywhere!
- One-to-one coaching sessions (4 total)
- every other week with an SBDC business coach, you’ll do a deep dive into your business and be provided with helpful next steps, customized guidance, tools and resources.
- Mentor-led Mastermind Peer Group Meetings (4 total)
- every other week sessions with your peers and an SBDC mentor. Connect with your fellow participants and discuss the realities and solutions for business challenges you are facing!
Participants who fully complete the program will receive a $5,000 grant to help your business succeed! Participants may also qualify for accounting, marketing and website assistance services up to a $2,500 value.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations invite all qualifying small businesses, including home-based, brick and mortar, online shops, or mobile businesses.
Your business needs to meet all the following qualifications:
- Your business must have 5 or less employees, including yourself.
- You must have been in business on March 16, 2020.(If you closed after March 2020, and would like to re-open, you can apply!)
- Your business must be located in Washtenaw County.
- You must meet these income requirements:
- If you are a one person household, you must make less than $55,900.
- If your household has 2 people, you must make less than $63,900.
- If your household has 3 people, you must make less than $71,900.
- If your household has 4 people, you must make less than $79,900.
- If your household has 5 people, you must make less than $86,300.
- If your household has 6 people, you must make less than $92,700.
- If your household has 7 people, you must make less than $99,100.
- If your household has 8 people, you must make less than $105,500.
For more information, visit Uplift Michigan-Washtenaw.
