The Texas Woman’s University is currently accepting applications for its Texas Rural Woman Grant to foster greater economic development activity in Rural Texas by encouraging and enabling rural woman-owned, small businesses to undertake new and innovative projects.
Donor Name: Texas Woman’s University
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Funding Information
- A total of thirty-five $10,000 grants for a total of $350,000 is available for this round of funding.
Funds be used for
- Purchase of machinery, equipment, or technology.
- Farm implements or machinery
- Addition or acquisition of new inventory or raw materials.
- Purchase and installation of fixtures or display units.
- Property improvements that will result in increased sales and revenue.
- Marketing or advertising campaigns.
- Any other business-related activity that CWE deems is aligned with the stated purpose of this program.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible businesses must satisfy all of the following conditions:
- Existing rural, woman-owned businesses (at least 51% directly owned and controlled by one or more women who are U.S. citizens). The business owner must reside in Texas.
- The business must have been in existence in Texas for at least 3 years.
- The business must be a for-profit corporation, partnership, LLP or LLC, or sole proprietorship. Not-for-profit corporations or similar nonprofit entities are not eligible.
- If the business or business owner owns the premises from which the business operates, all property taxes must be current.
- All sales, payroll, and other taxes must be current.
- The business must be located and operated within the state of Texas.
- The business, business owner and the applicant must not be involved in any pending or current litigation.
- The business owner must not have any felonies or convictions for a crime of dishonesty or breach of trust.
- Previous grant winners cannot apply.
- Businesses that are located in a rural county on their list.
- The business, business owner and applicant are operating with all required permits and licenses and are conforming to all required laws.
Ineligible applicants
- Any business that is not on their rural county list.
- TWU faculty/staff (or any immediate family member of the applicant’s family, including spouse, child, parent), trustee, and advisory committee member.
- TWU Students are not eligible to apply.
- Prior grant winners.
- Applicants who have taken part in any CWE program in the last year including Accelerate HER, TechFW or NTEEC awardees.
For more information, visit Rural Woman Grant.
