MORE Free Money Programs For Business

Here are some other real grant programs for starting or expanding a business taken from our new book Free Money For Entrepreneurs. If programs are only for a given state or area be sure to check for similar programs in your area. The programs below represent only a sampling of the free money programs available to entrepreneurs. For a complete listing see www.howtogetagrant.com/grentrepreneurs3.

$10,000 Grant To Start A Mom And Pop Business
Mom and Pop Small Business Grant
Miami-Dade County Commissioners
http://www.miamidade.gov/district11/library/smallbiz-grant-app-05.pdf

$5,000 Grant To Sell Your Product Overseas
Foreign Market Entry Plan
State of Maryland
http://www.mdbusiness.state.md.us/international/export/programs/exportmd/index.asp

Up To $1,000,000 Grant To Recycle Toilet Paper
Nebraska Environmental Trust Grant
http://www.environmentaltrust.org/grants/process.htm

$2,500 Grant For Every Employee You Have
Small Firm Attraction and Retention Grants
New York City, NY
http://www.newyorkbiz.com/WorldTradeCenter/GrantsInfo/RetentionGrants.html

$2,500 Grant For A Craft Business
Professional Development For Individual Artists
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
http://www.wvculture.org/arts/grants.html

$100,000 Grant For Winery Business
St. Julian Wine Co.
Paw Paw, MI
State of Michigan Grant
http://info.detnews.com/wine/columns/silfven/details.cfm?id=146

$20,000 Grant to Prepare A Loan Package For An Apartment Building
Housing Application Packaging Grants (10.442)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.PROGRAM_TEXT_RPT.show

$15,000 Grant For Small Town Developers To Fix Up Homes
Rural Housing Preservation Grants (10.433)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.PROGRAM_TEXT_RPT.show

$5,000 Grant To Help You Get A $300,000 Grant
EZ FAST Grants
Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.azcommerce.com/webapps/press/current_release.asp?sID=217

$150,000 Gant For A Day Care Center
Child Care and Development Funds
Georgia Child Care Council
http://www.ganet.org/gccc/funding/

$25,000 To Fix Up Your Office
Quincy Preserves Inc. Façade Program
Great River Economic Development Foundation
http://www.gredf.org/incentiv/incentiv8.html

$10,000 Grant To Turn Your Barn Into An Office
Barn Grants
Vermont Division For Historic Preservation
http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/DHP/financial/barn.html

$20,000 Grant To Start A Business In Orlando
Business Assistance Program
City of Orlando, Florida
http://www.cityoforlando.net/executive/eco_dev/incentive%20program%20pdf
%20files/Business%20Assistance%20Progam%20Overview.pdf

$20,000 Grant To Start A Video Business
Business Plan Competition
Miller Brewing Company
http://www.millerbrewing.com/inthecommunity/urban/businessGrant.asp?
dob=05%2F11%2F1943

$5,625 Grant To Start A Sewing Business At Home
Individual Development Accounts
Capital Area Asset Building Corporation
http://www.caab.org/client_stories/pauline_davis.htm

$90,000 For An Energy Efficient Business
StEPP Foundation
http://www.steppfoundation.org/main.htm

$300,000 For Documentary Film Makers
The General Program Media
John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
http://www.macfound.org/programs/gen/media.htm

$475,000 Grant To Run A Winery On Government Land
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
http://www.ems.org/nws/2004/08/25/national_park_se

$250,000 To Make Videos For TV
Independent Television Service
http://www.itvs.org/

$5,000 To Start A New Business
New Business Activity Grant
Great Falls, MT
http://www.downtowngreatfalls.com/ws/aboutus3.php?page_id=5718

$32,500 To Start A Business In Toledo
Core City Façade Improvement Grant
City of Toledo
http://www.ci.toledo.oh.us/index.cfm?Page=Page4176&Dept=Dept3Nav

$7,500 Grant For New Landscaping For Your Business
Landscaping Grants and Loans
City of Rockledge, Florida
http://www.chooserockledge.com/incentives.htm

$250,000 To Start A New Business
Jumpstart 250
Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network
http://www.jumpstartnj.com/

$3,000 To Start A Home Based Knitting Business
Microentreprise Council of Maryland
http://www.emicromaryland.com/stories.asp

$700 Grant to Start A Catering Business
Conditional Grant Program
Women’s Enterprise Development Center, Inc
www.westchester.org

$5,000 Grant To Start Your First Business
STAR Micro-Enterprise Grant Program
www.ci.cumberland.md.us/dept/commdev/econdev/econbusincen/
econbusincen.html

$75,600 To Start A Day Care Center
Day Care Start Up Awards
NY State Children and Family Services Commission
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/nov17_1_98.htm

$7,000 To Fix Up A Day Care Center
Arkansas Department of Human Services
http://www.state.ar.us/childcare/genproglist.html

$100,000 Grant For Day Care Providers
Child Care Grant
JP Morgan Chase
http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname
=jpmc/community/grants/programs/child

$500,000 Grant For Target Stores
Community Economic Betterment Account
Cedar Falls, Iowa
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/bbdeal/bd010820.htm

$400,000 Grant For Home Depot
Department of Business and Economic Development
Hagerstown, MD
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/bbdeal/bd040119.htm

$1 Million Grant For Best Buy
Training, Equipment and Energy Research and Development Grants
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/incentive/ti0111.htm

$234,782 Grant To Train Technical Employees
Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.azcommerce.com/webapps/press/current_release.asp?sID=331

$10 Million Grant For R.H. Donnelley Corp.
North Carolina Job Development Investment Grant
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/incentive/ti0308.htm

$23,623 Grant To Sell Wine
North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission
http://www.growingnd.com/media/pressreleases/press_details.asp?
sectionID=9&subSectionID=17&pageID=86&textID=226

$150,000 Grant To Produce Snack Foods
Ohio Small Cities Community Development Grant
Jackson City, Ohio
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1061.asp

$50,000 Grant For Machinery to Make Jim Beam
Ohio Department of Development
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1088.asp

$580,000 Grant To Train Hotel Employees
Worker Training Program Grants
Louisiana Department of Labor
http://www.ldol.state.la.us/homepage.asp

Remember…
… the programs mentioned above are not all the grant and free money programs available from the government. They represent only a start to encourage you to keep looking for the ones that meet your needs. If you are looking for more programs like this as well as information about low interest loans, loans you don’t have to pay back, government contracts, government grants and 10,000 other sources for starting or expanding a business, check out my new book, Free Money for Entrepreneurs, at www.howtogetagrant.com/grentrepreneurs3.