A Guide to Women- and Minority-Owned Business Funding ...

A Guide to Women- and Minority-Owned Business Funding Opportunities

How to Navigate the Funding Process

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

New York

2015

*Note: This document will be updated as information becomes available.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 Federal Section I........................................................................................................................6 Small Business Administration .................................................................................................6 1) 7(a) Loan Program.....................................................................................................................................6 2) CDC/504 Loan..........................................................................................................................................7 3) Surety Bond Guarantee Program ............................................................................................................7 4) Microloans ..................................................................................................................................................8 5) Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) ...................................................................................8 6) Mentor-Prot?g? program..........................................................................................................................9 7) Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program ...............................................................9 8) Small Business Development Centers ..................................................................................................10 9) SCORE Association................................................................................................................................10 10) Office of Native American Affairs ...................................................................................................10 11) Office of Veterans Business Development .....................................................................................11 12) Small Business Learning Center ........................................................................................................11 13) Disaster Assistance:.............................................................................................................................11 14) HUB Zone............................................................................................................................................12 15) The Office of Women's Business Ownership ................................................................................13 16) U.S. Export Assistance Centers.........................................................................................................14 17) Export Express Loans ........................................................................................................................15 18) Export Transaction Financing...........................................................................................................15 19) International Trade Loans..................................................................................................................16 Federal Section II .................................................................................................................... 17 The National Women's Business Council .............................................................................. 17 1) Resources for Women in Business........................................................................................................17

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Federal Section III................................................................................................................... 18 United States Department of Agriculture ............................................................................... 18 1) Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS)............................................................................................................................................................. 18

1) Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG) .....................................................................................19

2) Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants .............................................................................19

3) Rural Business Enterprise Grants .........................................................................................................20

Federal Section IV ................................................................................................................... 21 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...................................................... 21 1) Mentor-Prot?g? Program .......................................................................................................................21

Federal Section V.....................................................................................................................22 United States Department of Veterans Affairs ........................................................................ 22 1) Mentor ? Prot?g? Program ....................................................................................................................22

Federal Section VI ................................................................................................................... 23 Department of Defense ........................................................................................................... 23 1) Depart of Defense Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PATP)......................................23

State Section I .......................................................................................................................... 24 Empire State Development ..................................................................................................... 24 1) Minority and Women Business Enterprise in New York State Certification .................................24

2) Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Development & Lending Program .............................................................................................................................................................24

3) Procurement Assistance Program .........................................................................................................25

4) Minority and Women Revolving Loan Trust Program......................................................................25

5) Community Development Financial Institution Assistance Program (CDFI)...............................26

6) Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP)........................................................................................26

State Section II ........................................................................................................................ 28 New York State Agencies Mentor Prot?g? Programs............................................................. 28 1) Metro Transit Authority Small Business Mentoring Program ..........................................................28

2) The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Mentor-Prot?g? Program ..................................28

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3) Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.................................................................................29

State Section III ....................................................................................................................... 30 New York State Business Development Corporation ............................................................. 30 Additional Resources............................................................................................................... 31 1) Small Business Agency List....................................................................................................................31

2) Women and Minority-Owned Research Sources................................................................................33

Business Certifications ............................................................................................................ 34 1) National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC)...........................................................34

2) Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) ............................................................34

Letters of Support from Senator Gillibrand............................................................................. 35 Grant Guide Order Form......................................................................................................... 37 Casework Form........................................................................................................................ 38

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Dear Fellow New Yorker,

America's economic recovery will, in part, rest on our ability to unlock the economic potential of women and minority entrepreneurs. If we can promote the talent of women and minority business leaders and foster the success of a new generation of entrepreneurs, then America's economy will be stronger than ever. Today, there are nearly 20 million women and minority-owned businesses in the United States. During these difficult economic times, the costs of doing business can sometimes become a tremendous burden for our entrepreneurs and small business owners, particularly for women and minority owners that continue to face unfair disadvantages. To help with these costs, agencies throughout the Federal and New York State Governments are utilizing programs to offer loans, grants, tax incentives and other types of assistance to startup, growing, and established women and minority-owned businesses to allow for success and expansion of their enterprises.

Finding the resources that meet your needs in the complex web of agencies can be an impossible task. For this reason, I have created this guidebook to serve as a starting point in providing information from relevant federal agencies about what resources are available to individuals, businesses, community organizations and local governments. The information in this guidebook details energy program grants, loans, and tax credits. Its contents are by no means comprehensive, and as new programs and opportunities emerge, its contents will be updated to provide New Yorkers with the most up-to-date information possible.

My Senate website (gillibrand.) is continually updated with critical information about various funding opportunities that are available to you, how to access them, and where to apply. You can also request hard copies of this guidebook, and other thematic funding guidebooks, by filling out the guidebook order form at the end of this guidebook and mailing it back to my New York City office or by emailing an electronic copy to grants@gillibrand.. Furthermore, if you need assistance from a federal agency or with an immigration case, please refer to the casework form at the end of the GOAL or visit . As you move forward with any grant opportunities, please contact Andrew Usyk, my Grants Director, for letters of support, when applicable. You can reach him in my Washington, D.C. Office at grants@gillibrand., or (202)-224-4451.

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Sincerely,

Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senator

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