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Rainier Beach Community Club

We want to have an arts and crafts fair in December,showcase local artisans and provide a venue for selling their products for the holiday season. This will bring community members together in a festive atmosphere where they can get to know their neighbors and neighborhood better, shop local, and support small business owners and artisans. The promotion of this event will upgrade the public image of our area; we are proud of our community and want to show what it is really like to live here.

State Water Resources Control Board

Replacing, Removing, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks (RUST) grants are available to assist small business underground storage tank (UST) owners and operators in financing up to 100 percent of the costs necessary to upgrade, remove, or replace project tanks to comply with the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 25284.1, 25292.05, 25292.4, 25292.5, or 41954. Please note that removal-only projects are now eligible for RUST grants. Grants are available for between $3,000 and $70,000 to eligible UST owners/operators. An additional $140,000 in RUST grant moneys above the $70,000 maximum is available for remote public fueling stations for the purpose of removing and replacing a single-walled UST. (See Health and Safety Code § 25299.107(e) for more information.) Eligibility Requirements Grant applicants must be a UST owner and/or operator and meet all of the following requirements: • The applicant is a small business that employs fewer than 20 full-time and part-time employees, is independently owned and operated, and is not dominant in its field of operation; • The grant applicant’s principal office and its officers must be domiciled in California; • The facility where the project tank is located was legally in business retailing gasoline after January 1, 1999. • All of the tanks owned and operated by the grant applicant are subject to compliance with Health and Safety Code chapter 6.7 and implementing regulations; • The facility where the subject tank is located has sold, at retail, less than 900,000 gallons of gasoline annually for each of the two years preceding the submission of the grant application; (Gallonage is based upon taxable sales figures provided to the State Board of Equalization (BOE) on the grant applicant’s BOE 401 GS including Schedule G.) • The grant applicant meets either of the following: The grant applicant is in compliance with Health and Safety Code sections 41954 and 25290.1, 25290.2, 25291, or subdivisions (d) and (e) of section 25292; (The facility must provide a current UST permit, a current Permit to Operate, and proof of EVR compliance as evidence of compliance with the permit compliance requirements.) or   Revised 1/2020 The grant applicant meets the requirements for a waiver from the RUST grant permit compliance requirements. (The project is for removal-only and the grant applicant does not qualify for a RUST loan.)   This is not a reimbursement program. Work cannot begin until you have an agreement executed by the State Water Board.  

State Water Resources Control Board

Replacing, Removing, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks (RUST) loans are available to assist small business underground storage tank (UST) owners and operators in financing up to 100 percent of the costs necessary to upgrade, remove, or replace project tanks, including corrective actions, to meet applicable local, state, or federal standards, including, but not limited to, any design, construction, monitoring, operation, or maintenance requirements adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25284.1, 25292.05, 25292.4, or 41954. Loan Terms Low-interest loans are available for between $10,000 and $750,000, for a term of 10 or 20 years. • Ten-year loans are secured by the Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement on business assets. • Twenty-year loans are secured by a deed of trust on real estate with adequate equity. • A loan fee of 2 percent must be paid at final loan closing. • Please contact the State Water Board or your local Financial Development Corporation for the current interest rate. Eligibility Requirements Loan applicants must be a UST owner and/or operator and meet all of the following requirements: • The loan applicant is a small business that employs fewer than 500 full-time and part-time employees, is independently owned and operated, and is not dominant in its field of operation; • The loan applicant’s principal office and its officers must be domiciled in California; • All of the tanks owned and operated by the loan applicant are subject to compliance with Health and Safety Code chapter 6.7 and the regulation adopted pursuant to that chapter; • The loan applicant must provide financial and legal documents necessary to demonstrate the ability to repay the loan and availability of adequate collateral to secure the loan; and Revised 8/2020 • The loan applicant must have complied, or will comply, with the financial responsibility requirements specified in Health and Safety Code section 25299.31 and the regulations adopted pursuant to this section. This is not a reimbursement program. Work cannot begin until you have an agreement executed by the State Water Board.  

Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

The Small Business Assistance Program provides grants to Rhode Island small businesses to support growth, job creation, and economic development across the state, with a focus on underserved communities and emerging industries.

Schoharie

Small Business

Seattle Artist Coalition for Equitable Development

On The Block Second Saturdays is a series of monthly outdoor street markets on 11th Ave between E. Union and E. Pine every Second Saturday of the month from July through September of 2025. Created for and by local BIPOC artists, this free, all-ages event features a marketplace of over 38 local vendors selling handmade goods, vintage, street fashion, and more along with 3x3 basketball tournaments, interactive art, community activations, and over 6 hours of DJ and live performances. As an alliance among neighboring artists, cultural spaces, and small business owners, the mission of On The Block Second Saturdays is to be a conduit to sustainable opportunity, creative equity, and abundance from the ground up, amplifying local creativity and generating a safer, more connected neighborhood. This project will be completed by October 31, 2025.

City of Roseburg

Small Business & MicroE Emergency Grant Program

City of Pendleton

Small Business and Microenterprise Assistance

Curry County

Small Business and Microenterprise Assistance

West Brighton Community Local Development Corporation

Local

State University of New York (SUNY)

Provides assistance to the small business community through expert management and technical assistance to start-up and existing businesses across the state by linking the resources of Federal, state and local governments with the resources of the educational community and the private sector.

Westchester Square District Management Association, Inc.

Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative

Horn of Africa Services

Horn of Africa Service will organize capacity building activities tailored for childcare and other small business owners in Southeast Seattle. This project will focus on the needs of traditionally underrepresented groups such as non-native English speakers, communities of color, immigrants, and immigrant women. Technical assistance will be provided in finance, record keeping, business development, and other topics identified by participants.

West Seattle Junction Association

The West Seattle Junction has experienced tremendous new construction and therefore has many new residents. It is our intention to welcome these new residents to the neighborhood and invite them to participate in local events. This holiday season, Small Business Saturday will launch the holiday shopping season and be the first in a series of neighborhood events. We will create a holiday card that features the slate of neighborhood events and mail to new residents.

Ventures

Provide 26 free business focused computer-based workshops to low-income entrepreneurs to assist them start or expand small businesses.

Cobleskill

Small Business

Cortlandville

Small Business

Hamden

Small Business

Wheatfield

Small Business

Gender Justice League

Gender Justice League (GJL) will host Trans Pride 2025, which will take place on June 27, 2025 in Volunteer Park. Trans Pride is an annual festival celebrating Trans life and community across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Produced by GJL staff in collaboration with hundreds of local organizers, volunteers, and groups who support our vibrant local TwoSpirit, Trans, and Gender Diverse (2STGD) communities, Trans Pride increases visibility, connection, love, and celebration of Trans lives. The event is free and open to the public and includes a stage show from 6 - 9:30 pm featuring an all-Trans lineup of talent that will also be livestreamed. The event also includes a tabling fair featuring more than 100 Trans-led organizations, community groups, artists, small businesses, and services. Typically 30,000 or more Trans people and allies gathered to celebrate, resist, laugh, and be together in community over the course of the day. This project will be completed by 8/31/25.

State Water Resources Control Board

The UST Cleanup Fund provides a means for petroleum UST owners and operators to meet the federal and state requirements of maintaining financial responsibility to pay for damages arising from unauthorized releases from their petroleum USTs. The Fund assists a large number of small businesses and individuals by providing reimbursement for expenses associated with the cleanup of leaking USTs.

Verizon/LISC

$10,000 grants for small businesses. Must complete at least one free course on the Verizon Digital Ready platform to be eligible.

Literacy Source

Literacy Source is partnering with several organizations in the Lake City neighborhood to offer a World Dance Party event showcasing cultures around the world. Literacy Source will work with Hunger Intervention Program (HIP), Akin Family, and North Helpline to create this event. We will have food catered by small businesses in the area, local dancers who will showcase dances from various cultures, and resource booths. The World Dance Party will be a multicultural, multigenerational environment that is free of charge. This event will bring the community together by sharing the diversity of cultures, languages, and experiences within the community. Between a multitude of cultures, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds, people of shared and different identities can create meaningful connections and access essential resources.

Wyoming

Small Business