1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
Motor City Match Grants is sponsored by City of Detroit / Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC). Motor City Match is a business assistance program that provides cash grants to eligible small business owners who need additional funding to open a new establishment in Detroit or complete façade improvements to an existing Detroit business.
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.
Motor City Match – From Idea to Opening Hit enter to search or ESC to close ROUND 33 OPEN SEPTEMBER 1st – OCTOBER 1st ROUND 33 OPEN SEPTEMBER 1st – OCTOBER 1st ROUND 33 OPEN SEPTEMBER 1st – OCTOBER 1st ROUND 33 OPEN SEPTEMBER 1st – OCTOBER 1st ROUND 33 OPEN SEPTEMBER 1st – OCTOBER 1st Growing Detroit businesses from idea to open.
Application Open and Close Round 31: January 7 - February 9, 2026 Round 31: February 9 - April 30, 2026 Round 32: May 1 - June 1, 2026 Round 32: June 1 - August 31, 2026 Round 32: August 31, 2026 Round 33: September 1 - October 1, 2026 Round 33: October 1 - December 31, 2026 Round 33: December 31, 2026 Guides new and informal businesses through creating a business plan, registering as the appropriate legal entity, and becoming transactional.
Helps transactional mobile, digital, or home-based businesses refine their current operations to determine the appropriate permanent space for their business to develop. Matches new business owners that have a location in Detroit with a professional Design team to create the appropriate design, plans, and drawings to begin the build out of their space.
Close your financing gap and open your business to the public with the support of our matching grants, partner loan financing, and general consulting services. Unsure which track you should apply for? Click here to take a quiz to find out the best fit for your business!
Motor City Match connects new businesses with services and space to grow, providing them with the funding and tools to fuel the city’s entrepreneurial revolution. After 30 Rounds, MCM has served 2,236 business with $20. 5 million in grant funds -$21 Million in grants awarded -2,236 businesses awarded since 2016 -$111 million committed investment View List of Recent Awardees View Vacant Commercial Properties
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Small business owners seeking to open a new establishment in Detroit or make façade improvements to an existing Detroit business. Applicants must have a certificate of good standing from the state of Michigan. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $100,000 for new businesses, up to $25,000 for facade improvements. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Motor City Match Grants is funded by City of Detroit / Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Michigan. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
Candid launched a DAF-versus-foundation grantmaking dashboard on September 21, DAFgiving360 crossed $10 billion in a single fiscal year, and the 2026 DAF Fundraising Report found median DAF revenue up 75 percent against 12 percent for everything else. For a grants-driven nonprofit, that growth is arriving through a channel a proposal cannot reach.
Read articleThe Nasdaq Foundation's Economic Opportunity Grant Program awards up to $75,000 to nonprofits building financial literacy, access to capital, and long-term wealth. But the July 31 deadline is only an Expression of Interest — a two-stage gate that most applicants misread. Here is who is eligible, what the funder actually rewards, and how to write an EOI that earns the invitation to a full proposal.
Read articleWhile founders chase fixed grant deadlines, the Economic Development Administration runs two flagship programs on a rolling basis — no application window, applications accepted until the money runs out. Here is how Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance work in FY2026, why the CEDS requirement is the real gate, and how communities should sequence an application.
Read article