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Minnesota Emerging Entrepreneur Loan Program (ELP) is sponsored by State of Minnesota (Administered by nonprofit lenders). ELP is an initiative aimed at supporting the growth of Minnesota businesses owned by minorities, low-income individuals, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities. The program provides grant funds to nonprofit lenders across the state, which in turn offer loans to startup and expanding businesses.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Minnesota businesses owned by minorities, low-income individuals, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Minnesota Emerging Entrepreneur Loan Program (ELP) is funded by State of Minnesota (Administered by nonprofit lenders). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Lowe's Hometowns Grant Program is sponsored by Lowe's. This program aims to restore and revitalize community spaces across the country through physical renovations. Consumers can nominate a community space in their hometown, such as a neighborhood garden, park, or community center. While broad, it can apply to infrastructure improvements within a community context.
CFNF Helping Today, Shaping Tomorrow Grant is a grant from the Community Foundation of North Florida that funds nonprofits addressing pressing challenges with programs and services of lasting impact in Florida's Big Bend region. Each year, CFNF awards ten grants of $5,000 each to eligible organizations. A separate Arts Nonprofit Grant Cycle awards five grants of $6,000 each for arts organizations in the same region. Eligible applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations serving one or more of eleven counties including Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, and Wakulla, with at least two years of operating history in the region. Applications for the Helping Today, Shaping Tomorrow cycle close September 30.
FEMA's FY2026 Nonprofit Security Grant Program puts $300 million on the table — split evenly between urban-area and statewide tracks — and quietly lifted the per-site ceiling from $150,000 to $200,000, or up to $600,000 across three sites. But you cannot apply to FEMA: you apply through your State Administrative Agency, whose deadline lands weeks before the July 24 federal cutoff. Here is how the money is structured, what a winning Investment Justification actually contains, and why the reimbursement model catches first-time applicants off guard.
Read articleArkansas's FY2027 Community Assistance Grant Program opened July 1 with $10 million total, awards up to $1.5 million, and an August 15 deadline. It funds food insecurity, housing, education, crime-victim, and emergency-services work — but the 20% match and the state-priority framing decide who wins. Here is how to compete.
Read articleMacKenzie Scott's Yield Giving has moved more than $26 billion — including roughly $7 billion in 2025, over a third of all U.S. megagifts — through unrestricted, trust-based grants with no application. Melinda French Gates's Pivotal Ventures has committed $2 billion to women's health and economic power. The Bezos philanthropies have moved billions more. As the Buffett–Gates era winds down, this new class of megadonor is rewriting the rules of major giving. Here is what changes for nonprofits, and how to become the kind of organization this money finds.
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