Entrepreneurship Education and Access Grants is dedicated to fund standalone or progressive workshops, business seminar training series, open lab coaching hours focused on specific topics that help entrepreneurs develop ideas or skill up.
Donor Name: City of Sacramento
State: California
City: Sacramento
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/22/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Grants in this category are intended to serve entrepreneurs at any stage but be especially accessible to those who are just beginning their journey, may not yet identify as entrepreneurs, be business owners, or lack access to traditional support. Programming should focus on building awareness, confidence, and fundamental skills such as business formation, branding, licensing, digital readiness, or other business topics.
Funding Information
- Entrepreneur Education and Access: between $10,000 and $15,000
- To ensure broad community access and measurable benefit, applicants canrequest no more than $3,000 per publicly accessible workshop or training and no less than $10,000 total. A $15,000 request must include at least five workshops.
Uses of Funds
- Program development and delivery costs (e.g. staff time, licensing costs, software, etc.)
- Salaries for staff delivering programming
- Training supplies and equipment
- Office space and co-working membership fees
- Marketing costs for program recruitment
- Food and non-alcoholic beverages provided to participants at the funded programs
- Software subscription fees
- Professional and contracted services.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposed programming may be new for the applicant or represent further development of existing programs.
- Proposed programming must be completed within a 12-month contract period beginning no earlier than March 30, 2026.
- All project activities funded by this grant program must be open and advertised to the general public and include publicity that recognizes the funding received from the City of Sacramento.
- Applicants must be in compliance with current and past City grants.
- Applicants must operate from a fixed place of business within the Sacramento city limits, except if grant-supported programming is provided within the city limits.
For more information, visit City of Sacramento.
