Small Business Grants: Free Money For Your Business

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What Is a Small Business Grant?
Why Consider Small Business Grants?
Where to Find Government Small Business Grants
Private Company Grants
Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI)
FedEx Small Business Grant Contest
Nav’s Small Business Grant
NASE Growth Grant
Grants to Start a Business
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
The Halstead Grant
Challenge.gov
Grants for Women Business Owners
Cartier Women’s Initiative
Amber Grant
Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program
The StreetShares Foundation Veteran Small Business Award
Boots to Business
Grants for Minority Business Owners
Galaxy of Stars Grant
Enterprising Women of Color Grant Competition
Asian Women Giving Circle
You may only qualify for some grants if you have been in business for a certain period of time. You may need to operate a for-profit company (or, in some cases, the opposite: a nonprofit). You may need to have a business in a particular industry.
Alternatives to Small Business Grants
About the Author
Susan Guillory is the president of Egg Marketing, a content marketing firm based in San Diego. She’s written several business books, and has been published on sites including Forbes, AllBusiness, and Cision. She enjoys writing about business and personal credit, financial strategies, loans, and credit cards. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.
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