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The Top Small Business Loan & Grant Options Right Now


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1. Express Bridge Loans from The SBA

Website: sba.gov/LenderMatch

Financing type: Quick turnaround advance on an Economic Disaster Loan

Funding Limit: $25,000

Who it's for: US small businesses and non-profits waiting to receive a Disaster Loan

2. New York City Hall

Website: nyc.gov/covid19biz

Zero-interest loans

Financing type: Loan

Funding limit: $75,000

Who it's for: Businesses with fewer than 100 employees with sales decrease of 25%

Payroll grant

Financing type: Grant

Funding Limit: 40% of payroll costs for two months

Who it's for: Businesses with fewer than five employees

3. Downtown Alliance New York Small Business Rental Assistance Grant

Website: downtownny.com/RentAssistGrant 

Financing type: rental assistance grants

Funding limit: $10,000; Total fund is $800,000

Who it's for: Essential small businesses in New York City, must have fewer than 20 employees, be located on a ground floor, gross annual revenue below $1.5 million, and have a lease through December 31, 2020. 

 

4. Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Bring Back Brooklyn Fund

Website: bringbackbrooklyn.org  

Financing type: zero-interest loans

Funding limit: Expected to be $30,000; Currently raising funds with a goal of $500,000

Who it's for: Small businesses in Brooklyn that have been hurt by the pandemic and have been shut out of other loan programs, and that plan to reopen. The majority of loans are for minority- and women-owned businesses, and funding will only begin after the economy begins to re-open.

   

 

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The Staten Island Business PodcastBy John M Perez