The California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) is seeking applications for its California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program (MBCRG).
Donor Name: California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)
State: California
County: Butte County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
The California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program (MBCRG) was created in 2021 to assist qualified microbusinesses that have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in California. The MBCRG Program was created within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) and has allocated $255,474 to assist qualified microbusinesses in Butte County that have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with grants in the amount of $2,500 to each eligible microbusiness that is selected for an award.
Eligible Uses
Microbusiness owners who are awarded a MBCRG grant will self-certify that funds will be used for one or more of the following eligible uses:
- The purchase of new certified equipment including, but not limited to, a cart
- Investment in working capital
- Application for, or renewal of, a local permit including, but not limited to, a permit to operate as a sidewalk vendor
- Payment of business debt accrued due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Costs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and related health and safety restrictions, or business interruptions or closures incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
A microbusiness must satisfy the following criteria to be eligible to receive a grant from the MBCRG program:
- Active businesses operating since at least December 31, 2019
- Are active and operating in Butte County
- The microbusiness was significantly impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
- The microbusiness had less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in revenues in the 2019 taxable year.
- The microbusiness currently has fewer than five full-time equivalent employees and had fewer than five full-time equivalent employees in the 2019 and 2020 taxable years
- The microbusiness owner can provide acceptable form of government-issued photo ID (state, domestic, or foreign) and documentation that includes the owner’s name may include but is not limited to the following: a local business permit or license, a bank statement, a tax return, a trade account, a self-attestation/self-certification done under penalty of perjury
- The microbusiness owner must be the majority-owner and manager of the qualified microbusiness and the owner’s primary means of income in the 2019 taxable year
- The microbusiness owner did not receive a grant under the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program.
A qualified microbusiness owner must meet and self-certify, under penalty of perjury, all of the following criteria:
- The microbusiness owner is the majority-owner and manager of the qualified microbusiness
- The microbusiness owner’s primary means of income in the 2019 taxable year was the qualified microbusiness
- The microbusiness owner did not receive a grant under the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program
- The microbusiness owner can demonstrate their eligibility as a “qualified microbusiness owner” by providing the fiscal agent with a government issued photo identification (state, domestic, or foreign), and documentation that includes the owner’s name and may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- A local business permit or license
- A bank statement
- A tax return
- Trade account.
For more information, visit CalOSBA.
