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<p class="MsoNormal">Grant Opportunity – deadline is today!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">LISC Small Business Assistance Fund - <a href="https://www.lisc.org/covid-19/small-business-assistance/small-business-relief-grants/">
Click Here</a>: Thanks to support from a variety of funders, LISC is providing grants to small businesses, to help them keep functioning and remain vital facets of their local economies through this challenging period. Applications must be submitted by
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<p class="MsoNormal">Due: Monday, August 3rd at 11:59 p.m. EST.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eligibility: Applicants may apply for one business only and must be 18 years of age to apply. For business owners with multiple businesses, please complete this application based on your largest business owned. Each grant is limited to
one individual/business.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Awards will be made to qualified businesses, and eligibility is based on accurate and complete submission. Priority will be given especially to entrepreneurs of color, women- and veteran-owned businesses and other enterprises in historically
under-served places who don’t have access to flexible, affordable capital.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All awardees will have to certify that they are promoting the best interests of the community and are negatively impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Non-profit organizations are ineligible for this particular relief funding program. Be sure to check LISC’s Covid-19 Resource Page: https://www.lisc.org/covid-19/covid-resources/ for the latest resources available to nonprofit organizations
and individuals. Applications will be reviewed based on criteria designed to prioritize particularly challenged businesses, and the final grantees will be randomly selected from the top scoring applicants.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eligibility:<o:p></o:p></p>
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