1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
Minority Business Center Program is a grant from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) that funds organizations to operate Minority Business Centers providing business development services, access to capital, and contracting assistance to minority-owned businesses across the United States.
The program places centers in locations with high concentrations of minority entrepreneurs to provide consulting, financial packaging, and procurement support. Eligible applicants include for-profit entities, nonprofits, state and local government entities, and tribal entities that can demonstrate the capacity to operate a business development center. Funding varies by location and contract size.
No specific deadline is listed.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Grants and Loans | Minority Business Development Agency A **. gov** website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
* About Business Resources * About Financial Resources * Capital Readiness Program ### Current MBDA Grant Competitions **Entrepreneurship Education Program for Formerly Incarcerated Persons Grant Competitions** **Deadline:** May 22, 2020 at 11:59 pm EDT **Enterprising Women of Color Grant Competition** **Deadline:**May 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm EDT **Inner City Innovation Hub Grant Competitions** **First Time Applicant?
**Review these videos and resources for helpful tips for MBDA Grant Competition Submissions **Grants Process Overview How to Apply? ****Applying For an MBDA Grant? Follow These 4 Tips****Making a Reasonable, Allocable, and Allowable Budget for a Federal Grant****Ingredients for a Great Budget** Despite what the late-night infomercials want you to believe, the federal government does not provide grants for business expansion and growth.
There is no “free” money for you to start or grow a business. Grants. gov is the source to find and apply for federal grants.
Grants. gov is a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $500 billion in annual awards. It does not provide personal financial assistance.
* Applying For an MBDA Grant? Follow These 4 Tips * Making a Reasonable, Allocable, and Allowable Budget for a Federal Grant * Ingredients for a Great Budget Financing a business is never simple whether it's a start-up or a business that's been around for years. From initial seed money to working capital needed to keep operations going and to pay bills, access to capital remains a major barrier to many minority-owned firms.
Let MBDA help you better position your company. * Visit one of our Minority Business Centers for more in depth one-on-one financial counseling for growth and success of your business. * Get started by gathering together some basic loan documentation.
MBDA does not provide loans or grants to start or expand your business. The grants MBDA does provide are to organizations that operate MBDA's Minority Business Centers throughout the United States. These organizations provide business consulting, procurement matching and financial assistance to minority-owned firms.
Alternative Financing Information * View Blog Posts on Private Equity and Venture Capital Sourcing More Information on Federal Loan Programs * **SBA's**Financial Assistance Guidedescribes SBA loan programs, including eligibility requirements and how to apply for them. * **USDA's**Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program Guaranteed Loan Program")is for businesses that are located in rural areas.
For more details on USDA's Business Loan Programs please contact theirState Rural Development Offices [](https://www. mbda. gov/) 15.
Whistleblower Protection 17. MBDA Guidance Documents Automatic Translation Disclaimer Translation of this page is provided by the third-party Amazon Translate service. In case of dispute, the original language content should prevail.
Avis de non-responsabilité relatif à la traduction automatique La traduction de cette page est assurée par le service tiers Amazon Translate. En cas de litige, le contenu en langue originale prévaut. Descargo de responsabilidad de traducción automática La traducción de esta página la proporciona el servicio de traducción externo Amazon Translate.
En caso de disputa, prevalecerá el contenido en el idioma original. 本页面翻译由第三方 Amazon Translate 服务提供。如有争议，以原文内容为准。 Paunawa sa Awtomatikong Pagsasalin Ang pagsasalin ng page na ito ay ibinibigay ng third-party na serbisyo ng Amazon Translate. Sa kaso ng hindi pagkakaunawaan, ang orihinal na nilalaman ng wika ay dapat manaig.
Tuyên bố miễn trừ dịch tự động Bản dịch của trang này được cung cấp bởi dịch vụ Amazon Translate của bên thứ ba. Trong trường hợp có tranh chấp, nội dung ngôn ngữ gốc sẽ được ưu tiên.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: For-profit entities, non-profit organizations, state and local government entities, and tribal entities. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Minority Business Center Program is funded by Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
USDA-NIFA-ICGP-012261 offers $23,800,000 across an estimated 36 awards of $250,000 to $1,500,000, with no cost share. It posted September 4, 2026 and closes September 10, 2026 — a window containing Labor Day weekend. The program is statutorily the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged AND Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. This NOFO is titled for veterans only.
Read articleAfter a rare gap with zero active omnibus NOFOs, NIH has reissued its SBIR/STTR parent announcements — collapsing four solicitations into two, adding a Strategic Breakthrough bridge and a Commercialization Readiness Pilot, and reopening the funnel with a September 5, 2026 receipt date. Here are the exact solicitation numbers, the new budget ceilings, what actually changed, and how a small business should sequence its submission.
Read articleThe Department of Energy attached its small-business program to the Genesis Mission on July 22, 2026 — opening a $10 million Phase I opportunity across four AI-for-science topic areas closing September 10, plus roughly $147 million in Phase II funding for prior awardees. Here is what the four topics fund, how the redesigned 'faster, simpler' program changes the math for founders, and how to move on a tight window.
Read article