The City has partnered with the Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce to administer these programs and to help businesses apply for the two grants that make up part of this program.
Donor Name: City of Canyon Lake
State: California
City: Canyon Lake
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
This program consists of three parts:
- Small Business Emergency Relief Grants: $75,000 has been allocated towards this program that will allow small businesses that can demonstrate economic hardship due to the pandemic to receive grants up to $15,000 that can be used for paying rent, utilities, and other operating expenditures.
- Small Business Assistance Grants: $45,000 has been allocated towards this program that will allow small businesses that can demonstrate economic hardship due to the pandemic to receive grants of $10,000 that can be used for assistance in applying for other COVID-19 relief funds or business marketing assistance, with an emphasis on website upgrades.
- Community E-Gift Card Program: $15,000 has been allocated towards a community E-Gift Card program through which the City will offer “bonus cash” to any resident that purchases a gift card. The Chamber will be working with the City to sign up businesses for this program and to help businesses activate the cards on their point of sale systems.
Funding Information
- Small Business Emergency Relief Grants: This grant award will be up to $15,000 per business.
- Small Business Assistance Grants: Grants up to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The business must have been opened and continuously operated in Canyon Lake prior to March 1, 2019.
- The business must be in good standing with the City (No outstanding fees; no open code enforcement actions against the business).
- The business must be headquartered/located in Canyon Lake.
- The business must be able to provide bank statements & balance sheets from March 1st to May 30th of 2019 and 2020.
- The business must submit proof of any previous COVID relief received
- Small Business Emergency Relief Grants:
- The business must submit proof of outstanding expenses, with a coversheet summarizing the expenses.
- The business must list the amount of time the business was closed
- Small Business Assistance Grants:
- The business must submit a detailed plan on how it will spend awarded grant funds, including but not limited to the cost of hiring a grant writer, the cost of any marketing plan/materials, and the cost of hiring staff to provide these services.
For more information, visit City of Canyon Lake.
