Small Business Administration Grant and Loan Programs

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.

Many of the SBA programs offering Small Business Grants, Loan Programs and Counseling Programs are offered through state agencies.

Small Business Resources in Your State



Programs For Small Business

8(a) Business Development Program
Small Business Administration
To foster business ownership by individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged; and to promote the competitive viability of such firms by providing business development assistance in...more

7(j) Technical Assistance
Small Business Administration
The purpose of the program is to provide Business Development Assistance for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Businesses. SBA performs this mission by entering into grants, cooperative agreemen...more

Disaster Assistance Loans
Small Business Administration
To provide loans to the victims of declared disasters for uninsured or otherwise uncompensated physical damage....more

Procurement Assistance to Small Businesses
Small Business Administration
To assist small business in obtaining a "fair" share of contracts and subcontracts for Federal government supplies and services and a "fair" share of property sold ...more

Small Business Investment Companies
Small Business Administration
To establish privately owned and managed investment companies, which are licensed and regulated by the U.S. Small Business Administration; to provide equity capital and long term loan funds to small b...more

7(a) Loan Guarantees
Small Business Administration
To provide guaranteed loans from lenders to small businesses which are unable to obtain financing in the private credit marketplace, but can demonstrate an ability to repay loans if granted, in a time...more

Surety Bond Guarantees
Small Business Administration
To guarantee surety bonds issued by commercial surety companies for small businesses unable to obtain a bond without an SBA guarantee. The guarantees range between 70 and 90% and cover losses and expe...more

Service Corps of Retired Executives
Small Business Administration
To use the management experience of retired and active business management professionals to counsel and train potential and existing small business owners. All client counseling information is confide...more

Small Business Development Centers
Small Business Administration
To provide management counseling, training, and technical assistance to the small business community through Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)....more

504 Certified Development Loans
Small Business Administration
To assist small business concerns by providing long-term, fixed-rate financing for fixed assets through the sale of debentures to private investors....more



 
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Federal Agencies with Active Grants for Small Business

Administration for Children & Families - ACYF/FYSB
Administration for Children and Families
Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB
Administration for Children and Families - OCC
Administration for Children and Families - OHS
Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
Administration for Children and Families - ORR
Administration for Community Living
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Agency for International Development
Assistance Coordination
Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations
Bureau of Counterterrorism
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bureau of Reclamation
California State Office
Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP
Centers for Disease Control - NCHHSTP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Corporation for National and Community Service
CSREES
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Energy - Office of Science
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Interior
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command
DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Engineer Research and Development Center
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Food and Drug Administration
Foreign Agricultural Service
Geological Survey
Golden Field Office
Haiti USAID-Port Au Prince
Health Resources and Services Administration
NASA Headquarters
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
National Institute of Justice
National Institutes of Health
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Veterans Sports Programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Naval Supply Systems Command
New Jersey State Office
New York State Office
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of Naval Research
Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division
Office of Science
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative
Office of the Secretary
PM Weapons Removal and Abatement
Small Business Administration
Social Security Administration
U.S. Mission to Afghanistan
Utilities Programs



Featured Government Grant Resources


2012 University Center Economic Development Program Competition

The Economic Development Administration has recently established the 2012 University Center Economic Development Program Competition wherein they intend to solicit grant applications from higher education institutions stating their intent to establish and operate special University Centers that are focused on leveraging university assets in order to create regional economic ecosystems that will support high-growth entrepreneurship.





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The Small Business Administration has constituted the Secondary Market Lending Authority program, one which aims to provide liquidity for the secondary market, thereby ultimately encouraging new lending opportunities from banks of Small Business Administration guaranteed loans.



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