Small Business Hospitality & Community Grant Opportunity

Small Business Hospitality & Community Grant Opportunity is sponsored by The Grant Portal (Aggregator, specific funder not listed in snippet). This funding opportunity supports small businesses operating within the United States, with a focus on hospitality and community.

Economic Opportunity Grant Program - Department of Economic Opportunity LA County Economic Opportunity DEO has closed the LA County Economic Opportunity Grant (EOG) Program, a landmark initiative launched by the County to offer direct financial relief to the region’s microbusinesses, small businesses and nonprofits, recognizing their disproportionate impacts from COVID-19 and other recent economic disruptions, as well as their essential contributions to communities.

Across five phases, EOG awarded 5,302 grants totaling $56. 3 million, consolidating federal American Rescue Plan Act and California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) funds through a single platform to streamline access when seeking urgent relief. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $25,000 to help small businesses, non-profits, and microbusinesses recover and stabilize post disruption.

2,381 microbusinesses funded totaling $5. 952 million in grant award s focused on the smallest and most vulnerable micro businesses. Phase 2 – Small Business and Nonprofit 2,407 microbusinesses, small businesses and nonprofits funded totaling $45.

756 million in grant awards , expanding the program’s focus to larger small businesses and nonprofits in LA County’s most COVID-impacted communities. Phase 3 – Entertainment Business Interruption Fund 363 small businesses funded through Phase 3, totaling $4. 0 1 1 million in grant awards .

This phase acknowledged the dual burdens of the pandemic and historic double Hollywood strikes through a focus on businesses serving the entertainment industry. 131 microbusinesses, small businesses and nonprofits funded through Phase 4 totaling $ 484,000 in grant awards . This phase boosted stability during below average spending holiday seasons.

Phase 5 – Chambers of Commerce 20 Chambers of Commerc e funded through Phase 5 totaling $100,000 in grant award s , recognizing the direct line of aid provided by local chambers to help small businesses start, grow and stabilize during economic disruptions .

For Phases 1 – 3, DEO partnered with Lendistry to create a single, centralized, and multilingual application portal and guidelines and the Los Angeles Regional Small Business Development Network and 13+ community-based organizations to provide robust multilingual and culturally competent outreach and application assistance. For full EOG Program information for Phases 1 – 3, visit grants. lacounty.

gov. Phases 1 and 2 are included in “ Past Program . ” For Phases 4 and 5, DEO partnered with the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) on full program implementation. For information on Holiday Grants, visit here.

For information on Chamber Grants, visit here . $56. 3 millio n invested in grants One of the largest locally operated business grant programs in the nation L.

A. County Launches Holiday Grants Program to Support Small Businesses and Nonprofits $54 Million Economic Opportunity Grant Program Now Open to LA County’s Microbusinesses, Small Businesses, and Non-Profits – Santa Monica Daily Press SCVNews. com | $4.

1 Million Grant Program for Small, Micro Businesses in L. A. County | 04-26-2024 LA County grants $4M to 360+ small businesses in entertainment Thank you to all our partners helping LA County recover and thrive.