The City of Pico Rivera’s Business Grant Program offers one-time $10,000 grants to eligible businesses to help them create jobs, retain jobs, and offer quality services to the residents of Pico Rivera.
Donor Name: City of Pico Rivera
State: California
City: Pico Rivera
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Awarded funds are intended to help businesses retain staff and continue to provide quality services to the residents of Pico Rivera. Use of funds is at the business owner’s discretion. Below are some examples of eligible activities, please note this list is not meant to be exhaustive.
- Overhead expenses
- Rent and utilities
- Business services (website development, etc.) to increase capacity to carry out business activities
- Labor expense (excluding the owner), business inventory, and supplies
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Capital or equipment purchases necessary for the business operation, excluding vehicles
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility requirements are outlined below:
- Business must be physically located within Pico Rivera City limits
- The business has a current business license, in good standing in the City of Pico Rivera
- Business must employ approximately 20 or fewer employees, including the owner(s)
- The business has been operational for at least six (6) months
- Business does not have existing municipal code violations
- Business must disclose whether it has received COVID-19 relief funding from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), the County of Los Angeles, the State of California, or the City of Pico Rivera. If a business received federal, state, county, or private funding, it is still eligible to receive City grant funds. However, businesses must not have been granted recipients from the City of Pico Rivera in the last 24 months.
- The business has or will obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. Staff from Avant-Garde may assist in obtaining this.
- Meet one of the following criteria below:
- The service activity of the business is primarily residential, where at least 51 percent of the residents are LMI persons, and the business’ services meet the needs of the service area residents. If the commercial district is composed of stores and businesses that serve local customers that meet the LMI then it qualifies or
- Currently employ and retain or will create at least 51% full-time equivalent positions with low-and moderate-income (LMI) persons or in the case of staff turnover, have the identified position filled by an LMI person (see details below) and demonstrate that without grant assistance the job would be lost
For more information, visit City of Pico Rivera’s Business Grant.
