Women's Business Center Application Readiness and Procurement Assistance

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

In order to be eligible for this FOA, Applicants must be a private, non-profit organization certified under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and have experience providing technical services to women, with a special emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (NHSIs), Alaska Native Serving Institutions (ANSIs) of higher learning with existing minority entrepreneurship or related programs, and 501c entrepreneurial development organizations that serve designated Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) are encouraged to apply. To the extent that they satisfy all eligibility criteria the same as all other Applicant organizations, religious organizations are entitled to compete for Federal financial assistance (grants and/or cooperative agreements) used to support government programs. Generally, such organizations are not required to alter their religious character to participate in a government program, nor to cease engaging in explicitly religious activities outside the program, nor effectively to relinquish their Federal statutory protections for religious hiring decisions.

Geographic Eligibility

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