To support small businesses and employers facing financial impacts and layoffs from the COVID-19 pandemic, the County of Solano, in partnership with the Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Solano County and the Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center, has established the Solano Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant initiative.
Donor Name: Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center
State: California
County: Solano County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
This program will provide microgrants to small businesses experiencing economic stresses through funding from the California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program.
Funding Information
- Solano County’s $450,000 funding from the California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program will allow the Workforce Development Board, on behalf of the County of Solano, to award approximately 180 business owners with $2,500 microgrants.
Use of Fund
All grant recipients must self-certify that grant funds will be used for one or more of the following permissible activities:
- The purchase of newly 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
For-profit microbusinesses are eligible for this grant if the business:
- Is based in Solano County
- Began operation prior to Dec. 31, 2019
- Is currently active and operating or has a clear plan to reopen when the state permits the reopening of the business
- Was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Had less than $50,000 in gross revenues in the 2019 taxable year
- Has zero to five full-time equivalent employees
- Had zero to five full-time equivalent employees in both the 2019 and 2020 taxable years
- Is not excluded from participation in the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program
- Can provide an acceptable form of government-issued photo ID (state, domestic, or foreign) and documentation that includes the owner’s name per grant program guidelines
- The owner must be the majority owner and manager of the qualified microbusiness and this business must have been the owner’s primary means of income in the 2019 taxable year
For more information, visit Solano Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant.
