The Backing Small Businesses grant program is now accepting applications for a round of Disaster Recovery grants for eligible locally significant small businesses impacted by recent natural disasters.
Donor Name: Main Street America
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/21/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Backing Small Businesses grant program, supported by American Express, supports locally significant small businesses facing economic hardship.
The grant funding is for projects that improve small businesses by building community, supporting growth and viability, or nurturing positive change.
Incident Types
Incident Types include:
- Biological
- Coastal Storm
- Dam/Levee Break
- Earthquake
- Fire
- Flood
- Hurricane
- Mud/Landslide
- Other
- Severe Ice Storm
- Severe Storm
- Snowstorm
- Straight-Line Winds
- Tornado
- Tropical Depression
- Tropical Storm
- Typhoon
- Winter Storm.
Funding Information
$10,000 grant is available to assist in their recovery efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible small businesses are those businesses:
- that have been in operation on or before January 1, 2024,
- were located in a county/parish/borough listed as a Designated Area of a FEMA Declared Disaster with an incident date on or after January 1, 2024,
- that operated out of a physical location (meaning “brick-and-mortar” location) in an older or historic main street, downtown or commercial district in the United States or U.S. territories at the time of such disaster,
- that have not previously received a grant sponsored by American Express related to recovery from such disaster,
- that employ 20 or less full-time employees (including the company owners),
- that are a registered business entity in good standing in the state in which it was formed and the state in which it does business (e.g., not an unincorporated contractor or self-employed individual),
- that are not part of a national franchise.
- Applicants must be an owner of the eligible small business and 18 years of age or older.
For more information, visit Main Street America.
