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How to Apply For Small Business Grants For Women Edited by Genius_knight, Irishdancer25, Maluniu, Joany Perez Small Business Grants Business Starting a small business requires start-up capital, planning and a vision for long-term success. Women are starting more businesses than ever, with a 20 percent growth in women-owned small businesses between 2002 and 2007. The Small Business Administration and other organizations want to ensure there is healthy economic growth from small business, so they often make grants or loans available to startups in certain sectors. Finding a grant can help you to start a business even if you are low on collateral or credit history. If you are a woman and you want to find money to help you start a business, there are a number of ways to research possible grants. Many of these grants correspond to specific industries and locations, so you will need to plan well in order to be chosen. Learn how to apply for small business grants for women. Edit Steps 1Create a business plan. A business plan details the financial, managerial, production and marketing concerns for at least 5 years into the future. Ensure your business plan outlines all of the start-up costs and investment capital that is required to create a successful business. Go to the Small Business Administrations website, sba.gov, to get advice on writing a business plan. 2Research grant opportunities extensively. The following websites and organizations are good places to check. Visit the Small Business Administration Office of Womens Business Ownership. They have several grant opportunities for women every year. Go to sba.gov/content/womens-business-center-grant-opportunities to evaluate them. There are approximately 26 industry-specific agencies that give grants to women business owners or startups. Call your state branch of the Womens Business Center. Organized through sba.gov, this office may have state specific grant information. Go to sba.gov/about-offices-content/1/2895/resources/13729 for a list of these offices. Research Amber Foundation grants. These grants are usually for $500 to $1,000. Apply at womensnet.net/AmberGrants.aspx Apply for a Count-Me-In grant. These grants are available to applicants in amounts varying from $500 to $10,000. They often focus on women who want to make a million dollar enterprise. Go to 3gf.org/grantee_countmein.html to learn more. Research prospective grants at Womansbusinessgrants. This search engine will allow you to sift through a number of different sites with a wide range of financing opportunities. Go to the Womens Funding Network. This non-profit gives annual grants to help women start and maintain their own businesses. Go to women.cs.cmu.edu/Resources/Funding/ to search through a list of science and higher education-based grant opportunities. 3Go to Grants.gov to find specific government grant applications. This website includes all government grant opportunities, so you may find grants that are not gender-specific, but you may qualify for them because of the type of business you own. 4Read the grant information and grant applications thoroughly. You will need to ensure you qualify before you invest the time in applying. Request more information from the granting organization if you need it. 5Keep track of application deadlines. Once you have a list of grants you are eligible for, you should immediately ensure that you are able to meet all deadlines. Late grant applications will not be accepted. 6Gather the elements of your grant applications. If you are applying for more than 1 grant, you are likely to have some overlap. The following are documents you may need to have: An application form. All grant opportunities will have a form that you must fill out. Read it thoroughly to identify how it should be filled out and whether you must gather important financial or industry information before completing it. Your business plan. Ask a friend who is also a business person to look at your plan and critique it. Make sure it is proofread thoroughly. Letters of recommendation. You may need to submit 1 to 5 letters of recommendation from well-respected business people or community members. Choose these people carefully and give them plenty of time to write the recommendation. Pay attention to the instructions for sending in their recommendation, because it may need to come to you or it may need to arrive separately. A proposal. Draft a unique proposal for each application. Some of the statistics and business information can be used in all the proposals, but each grant proposal should be targeted specifically to the granting organization. For example, 1 grant may only be available to women in science, while another grant may only be available to black women. These 2 grant proposals will need to address how you specifically qualify and how the grant will help you. Proposed budgets and financial statements. Granting organizations aim to choose women who will use the money intelligently. The stronger your budget and financial position is, the more likely you are to prove you can use the grant well. 7Proofread all your materials. Ask an editor to proofread them to ensure there are no mistakes. Handing in materials with errors will detract from your professionalism. 8Send your application by mail or online before the deadline. You can apply for many government grants at grants.gov. If you apply by mail, make sure you make copies and send the application by certified mail. If you are applying online, go to the website far in advance to create an account. You will need to enter important business and personal information in order to receive an ID number. Know another method for How to Apply For Small Business Grants For Women? Add it here... Add your steps using an ordered list. For example: 1. Step one 2. Step two 3. Step threeAdd Method Edit Video Edit Warnings Beware of business grant scams. These are very common on websites, so vet each grant giving organization carefully. Never give personal or financial information to an organization until you are sure it is legitimate. If you have questions, call the number on the application. Edit Things Youll Need Business plan Grant research Application forms Grant proposals Proposed budget Letters of recommendation Proofreader Online accounts Edit Related wikiHows How to Apply for Federal Grants How to Apply for a Minority Business Grant How to Finance a Small Business How to Apply for a Government Small Business Grant Edit Sources and Citations smallbusiness.chron/apply-smallbusiness-grants-women-15396.html wahm/articles/the-top-2-grants-for-women-in-business.html applybusinessgrantsand-loans.blogspot/2012/10/how-to-apply-small-business-grants-for.html smallbusinessgrantstips/ Article InfoCategories: Contracts and Legal Agreements Recent edits by: Maluniu, Irishdancer25, Genius_knight Discuss Print Email Edit Send fan mail to authors Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 29,793 times. Was this article accurate? YesNo
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