The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, through Project Restore, is providing financial support to Maryland’s existing or new businesses to help incentivize commercial investment in vacant retail and commercial properties. Donor Name: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development State: Maryland County: … [Read more...] about Project Restore: Financial support to Maryland’s Existing or New Businesses
Latest Grants for Retail

The latest and upcoming grants, awards, fellowships, and other opportunities and resources in the area of Retail for nonprofits, businesses, institutions, and individuals in the United States.
Project Restore: Financial support to Maryland’s Existing or New Businesses
La Mesa Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program – California
The City of La Mesa, in partnership with the East County EDC, is launching the LEAP program. LEAP will distribute up to $20K in grant funds to new restaurant, retail, and other enterprises. Donor Name: City of La Mesa State: California City: La Mesa Type of Grant: Accelerator Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/30/2022 Grant Size: … [Read more...] about La Mesa Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program – California
Applications Open for Building Resilient Businesses Contest
Applicants are invited to apply for Kapitus’s Building Resilient Businesses Contest (the “Contest”), which is sponsored by Strategic Funding Source, Inc. d/b/a Kapitus (referred to hereinafter as “Kapitus” or “Sponsor”). Donor Name: Kapitus States: All States except Colorado and Vermont County: All Counties Type of Grant: … [Read more...] about Applications Open for Building Resilient Businesses Contest
Apply Now for Ulta Beauty’s MUSE Accelerator Program
Applicants are invited to apply for Ulta Beauty’s MUSE Accelerator program to support eight BIPOC beauty brands as they prepare to launch and thrive in retail. Donor Name: Ulta Beauty State: All States County: All Counties Type of Grant: Accelerator Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/30/2022 Grant Size: $50,00 Details: They will … [Read more...] about Apply Now for Ulta Beauty’s MUSE Accelerator Program
Massachusetts: Applications Open for Retail Signage Improvement Grant Program
The City of Gloucester’s Retail Signage Improvement Grant Program is intended to assist commercial property owners or tenants in eligible buildings improve their storefront signage, awning, and/or sign related lighting Donor Name: City of Gloucester State: Massachusetts City: Gloucester Type of Grant: Grant Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): … [Read more...] about Massachusetts: Applications Open for Retail Signage Improvement Grant Program
Downtown Raleigh Alliance: Storefront Upfit Grant Program (North Carolina)
Downtown Raleigh Alliance offers this Storefront Upfit Grant program to incentivize and attract new retail, restaurant, and service businesses, aid in the expansion of existing retail businesses, direct support to strategic areas, accommodate pop-up uses that may convert to long-term tenants, better support Minority- and Women-owned businesses, and … [Read more...] about Downtown Raleigh Alliance: Storefront Upfit Grant Program (North Carolina)
North St. Louis Commercial Corridor Grant Program – Missouri
The City of St. Louis is accepting applications for its North St. Louis Commercial Corridor Grant Program. Donor Name: City of St. Louis State: Missouri City: St. Louis Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: Ongoing Details: The City of St. Louis has allocated $37 Million of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to … [Read more...] about North St. Louis Commercial Corridor Grant Program – Missouri
Community-Prioritized Policy Innovation Campaigns to Improve Healthy Food Access through the Retail Environment
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking to fund community-led local, state, tribal, or U.S. territory campaigns to improve the healthfulness of the food retail environment. Donor Name: Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) State: All States County: All Counties Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, … [Read more...] about Community-Prioritized Policy Innovation Campaigns to Improve Healthy Food Access through the Retail Environment
Call for Applications: State and Local Policy Campaigns to Improve the Food Retail Environment
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking to fund local, state, tribal, or U.S. territory policy campaigns to improve the healthfulness of the food retail environment. Donor Name: Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) State: All States County: All Counties Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. … [Read more...] about Call for Applications: State and Local Policy Campaigns to Improve the Food Retail Environment
Wood Heater Design Challenge: Technology SLAM
Want to market your new stove? Brookhaven National Laboratory wants to see it at the 5th Annual Wood Stove Technology Slam. Donor Name: Brookhaven National Laboratory State: All States County: All Counties Type of Grant: Challenge Deadline: 06/15/2022 Details: The 2022 Wood Heater Slam is an opportunity for teams to pitch … [Read more...] about Wood Heater Design Challenge: Technology SLAM
Michigan: Retail Business Incubation Program
The State of Michigan, the City of Grand Rapids and Downtown Grand Rapids Inc is seeking applications for its Retail Business Incubation Program. Donor Name: Downtown Grand Rapids State: Michigan Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: Ongoing Size of the Grant: $60,000 Grant Duration: 18 months Details: The GR Forward community … [Read more...] about Michigan: Retail Business Incubation Program
Transformative Growth Grant Program for Businesses and Nonprofits in Massachusetts
The Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) invites Arlington’s small businesses and nonprofits to apply for grant funding through the Transformative Growth Grant program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Donor Name: Town of Arlington State: Massachusetts City: Arlington Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: … [Read more...] about Transformative Growth Grant Program for Businesses and Nonprofits in Massachusetts
Grants for Black‐Owned Retail Businesses in Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)
Wacif and Walmart have partnered to support Black retail entrepreneurs in Washington D.C.'s Wards 7 and 8. Donor Name: Washington Area Community Investment Fund State: District of Columbia City: Washington D.C. Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 06/23/2022 Size of the Grant: Up to $10K Details: Funding Information Eligible … [Read more...] about Grants for Black‐Owned Retail Businesses in Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)
Ohio: Lorain County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Small Business Stimulus
The Lorain County Board of Commissioners has created a $1.5-million-dollar Small Business Stimulus program that has been designed to assist small businesses in Lorain County that have been negatively impacted or have faced hardship due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and its related effects on the economy. Donor Name: Lorain County State: … [Read more...] about Ohio: Lorain County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Small Business Stimulus
Maryland: National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund
The National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund (“NED”) is a program for the greater National Capital region of Maryland that provides competitive funding for strategic investment in local housing and businesses to encourage healthy, sustainable communities with a growing tax base and enhanced quality of life. Donor Name: Maryland … [Read more...] about Maryland: National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund
Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative in Maryland
The Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative (BRNI) program is designed to increase the competitiveness of the target communities in the Baltimore metro area for new homeownership and private-sector business, residential and commercial investment, through such activities as strategic property acquisition, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and new … [Read more...] about Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative in Maryland
Applications Open for Community Legacy Program in Maryland
Community Legacy, a program of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (the “Department”), is implemented in close coordination with local community partners and other State agencies. Donor Name: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development State: Maryland Counties: Allegany County (MD), Garrett County … [Read more...] about Applications Open for Community Legacy Program in Maryland
City of Sumner Business Grants Program – Washington
The City of Sumner is accepting applications for its Business Grants Program. Donor Name: City of Sumner State: Washington City: Sumner Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 06/01/2022 Size of the Grant: $20,000 Details: The purpose and intent of the grant is to assist businesses in occupying vacant tenant spaces in downtown … [Read more...] about City of Sumner Business Grants Program – Washington
Nashville Entrepreneur Center NEXT Awards 2022 – Tennessee
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) has announced that Amazon will serve as the presenting sponsor for the 2022 NEXT Awards and Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame event this fall, an annual ceremony devoted to the entrepreneurial visionaries, game-changers, and disruptors transforming their industries, creating opportunities, growing economies and … [Read more...] about Nashville Entrepreneur Center NEXT Awards 2022 – Tennessee
Small Medium Business Growth Fund – District of Columbia
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development is investing $5.4 million in the Small Medium Business Growth Fund, a program that will offer grants aimed to retain and expand district-based small businesses by supporting large scale capital improvements, large equipment purchasing, and technological advancements within … [Read more...] about Small Medium Business Growth Fund – District of Columbia
ARPA Facade Grant Program in Missouri
The Downtown Excelsior Partnership, Inc. (DEP) ARPA Facade Grant Program offers matching grants to commercial property owners and/or retail business owners who wish to restore the exteriors of their buildings. Donor Name: Downtown Excelsior Partnership State: Missouri City: Excelsior Springs Type of the Grant: Grant Deadline: … [Read more...] about ARPA Facade Grant Program in Missouri
Building Up-fit Grant Program in North Carolina
The City of Raleigh's Building Up-fit Grant encourages growth and development by assisting property owners and businesses with improvements, renovations, and/or additions to the interior of their commercial property. Donor Name: City of Raleigh State: North Carolina City: Raleigh Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: … [Read more...] about Building Up-fit Grant Program in North Carolina
City of Ashland Tourism Grant Program 2022 (Oregon)
The City of Ashland is seeking applications for its 2022-23 Tourism Grant cycle. Donor Name: City of Ashland State: Oregon City: Ashland Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 04/27/2022 Size of the Grant: $5,000 Details: As a long standing pillar of Ashland’s economy, tourism programs support programs, activities and events that … [Read more...] about City of Ashland Tourism Grant Program 2022 (Oregon)
Nominations Open for ARTS Awards Program – Texas
The ARTS Awards program seeks to recognize and promote the excellence and achievement of home industry leaders and professionals. Donor Name: Dallas Market Center State: Texas Type of Grant: Award Deadline: 06/28/2022 Details: Home industry professionals nominate manufacturers, retailers, designers, and sales representatives to … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for ARTS Awards Program – Texas
Minnesota: Transit Oriented Development Program
The Hennepin County Housing and Economic Development is accepting applications for its Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Program. Donor Name: Hennepin County Housing and Economic Development State: Minnesota County: Hennepin County (MN) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 04/21/2022 Size of the Grant: $2,200,000 Grant Duration: 2 … [Read more...] about Minnesota: Transit Oriented Development Program































