Is there any truth to the myth that there are government grants for small businesses?I get calls from people that have paid to attend a seminar. The then pay someone to prepare a grant proposal for them and submit the proposals and wait. No one I have spoken to has been able to say that they got money to start a small business.
I have not been able to find anything that even comes close to free money or grants. Sure there are web sites that will sell you a list or write a grant proposal. But I have found no one that has actually got any money.
Therefore I lay down the challenge to anyone who can show me a legitimate government grant program for starting a small business.
Well, how about it? Does anyone know of anything?
Chuck on June 16th, 2005 at 7:42 am
I work with government grant recipients to some degree, but not grants related to businesses per se.
I guess by grant you mean a “non-loan”.
There are grants that would be available to service providers. Sylvan the franchise education provider has a “government contract” side that provides GED completion to out of school youth. We call these grants in a sense but it’s contract for service and is paid out as services are provided.
So you might say this whole aspect of their business… millions of dollars is from non-loans.
There are many smaller local service providers in similar businesses that tend to be related to the human service field.
Those are the ones I’m familiar with off the top of my head.
It’s probably not the definition of “grant” you’re seeking though.
jon on June 22nd, 2005 at 11:00 am
SBIR and STTR grants for tech companies.
This is how I did it.
denise Bjorklund on January 5th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
I am looking for help in finding sources on grant writing. We are a business in central California and would like to partipate in programs that reintroduce people back into the the work place. Either because of walfare, disability, or prision. I personally know business in cenral CA that are in these programs, however i have fun into brick wall in finding out how to get involved or just information where to begain. Please help, anything you might know or point me in a direction where i could find out somthing. thank you